uterus

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See also: Uterus and utérus

English

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Etymology

    From Latin uterus (womb, belly), from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (abdomen, stomach), from *úd (out, outward) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

    Noun

    uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

    1. (anatomy) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
      1. (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.

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    • Czech: uterus
    • Malay: uterus
    • Swahili: uterasi

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    Czech

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key):
      • Hyphenation: ute‧rus

      Noun

      uterus m inan

      1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
        Synonym: děloha

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      Further reading

      • uterus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
      • uterus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

      Indonesian

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      Etymology

        Learned borrowing from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (abdomen, stomach), from *úd (out, outward) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

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        Noun

        utèrus (plural uterus-uterus)

        1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus
          Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

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        • saudara (sibling, literally from the same womb)

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        Latin

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        Etymology

          From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (abdomen, stomach), from *úd (out, outward) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).[1][2]

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          Noun

          uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

          1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
          2. fetus, newborn
          3. belly, paunch

          Declension

          Second-declension noun.

          singular plural
          nominative uterus uterī
          genitive uterī uterōrum
          dative uterō uterīs
          accusative uterum uterōs
          ablative uterō uterīs
          vocative utere uterī

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          References

          1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282
          2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “uterus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 647

          Further reading

          • uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
          • uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
          • uterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

          Malay

          Etymology

            From Latin uterus (womb, belly).

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /utərus/
            • Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

            Noun

            uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)

            1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
              Synonyms: peranakan, kandung, kandungan, rahim

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            Turkish

            Etymology

              Borrowed from Latin uterus.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /uˈte.ɾus/
              • Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

              Noun

              uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

              1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
                Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

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