Uterus

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BCDGHKMNPSW	OS	E	[n. ORA] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).
A	MOLE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 13] A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
—	SPAY	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.
—	TWIN	EKSY	[v. TWINNED, TWINNING°, TWINS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
—	WOMB	SY	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
—	AMNIO	NS	[n. -NIOS] · a surgical insertion of a needle into the uterus / ----- { amnio amniocentesis amnios § amniocenteses }
—	MYOMA	S	[n. -MAS or -MATA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.
—	THROE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
—	UTERI	—	[n. UTERI or UTERUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of uterus
—	WOMBS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
—	ADNEXA	L	[n.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The appendages of an organ, such as the Fallopian tubes of the uterus.
—	AMNIOS	—	[n. -NIOS] · a surgical insertion of a needle into the uterus / ----- { amnio amniocentesis amnios § amniocenteses }
—	CRAMPS	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.
—	FUNDUS	—	[n. -DI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The top, hollow portion of the uterus.
—	GRAVID	A	[a.] · pregnant «carrying a developing fetus in the uterus» - GRAVIDLY [b.]
—	MENSES	—	[v. MENSED, MENSING, MENSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The discharge of blood and cellular tissue that flows from the inner lining of the uterus out through the vagina, occurring typically once a month in uninseminated women; a menstrual flow.
—	NIDATE	DS	[v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.
—	UTERUS	—	[n. UTERI or UTERUSES] · an organ of female mammals - UTERINE [a.]
—	WOMBED	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
—	CHORION	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
—	DECIDUA	ELS	[n. -UAS or -UAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
—	FIBROID	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle.
—	GESTATE	DS	[v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
—	NIDATED	—	[v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.
—	NIDATES	—	[v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.
—	OVIDUCT	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
—	PESSARY	—	[n. -RIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
—	UTERINE	—	[n. UTERI or UTERUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to the uterus.
—	VAGINAE	—	[n. -NAE or -NAS] · the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva - VAGINAL [a.]
—	VAGINAL	—	[n. -NAE or -NAS] · the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva - VAGINAL [a.]
—	VAGINAS	—	[n. -NAE or -NAS] · the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva - VAGINAL [a.]
—	CHILDING	—	[a.] · pregnant «carrying a developing fetus in the uterus» / ----- { child childe chile chill chirren § children § child childing }
—	DECIDUAE	—	[n. -UAS or -UAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
—	DECIDUAL	—	[n. -UAS or -UAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
—	DECIDUAS	—	[n. -UAS or -UAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
—	GESTATED	—	[v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
—	GESTATES	—	[v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
—	GRAVIDLY	—	[a.] · pregnant «carrying a developing fetus in the uterus» - GRAVIDLY [b.]
—	HYSTERIA	S	[n. -S] · uncontrollable excitement or fear
—	METRITIS	—	[n. -TISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the uterus.
—	MOONCALF	—	[n. -CALVES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception.
—	NIDATING	—	[v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.
—	NIDATION	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The implantation of the early embryo in the uterus.
—	PLACENTA	ELS	[n. -TAS or -TAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
—	PREGGERS	—	[a.] · pregnant «carrying a developing fetus in the uterus» / ----- { pregnant § preggers pregnant }
—	PREGNANT	—	[a.] · carrying a developing fetus in the uterus / ----- { pregnant § preggers pregnant }
—	PUERPERA	EL	[n. -PERAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
—	UTERUSES	—	[n. UTERI or UTERUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of uterus
—	WOMBLIKE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function
—	FETICIDAL	—	[a.] · Derivative of feticide «the destruction of a fetus in the uterus; aborticide~»
—	FETOSCOPY	—	[n. -PIES] · (medicine) a procedure that permits observation of a fetus in the uterus
—	GESTATING	—	[v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
—	METRALGIA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] pain in or near the uterus (womb).
—	NIDATIONS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The implantation of the early embryo in the uterus.
—	PREVIABLE	—	[a.] · occurring before a fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus
—	PUERPERIA	—	[n. -RIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
—	CERVICITIS	—	[n. -TISES] · inflammation of the neck of the uterus
—	COLPOSCOPE	S	[n. -S] · ® instrument for viewing the neck of the uterus
—	ENDOMETRIA	L	[n. -TRIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.
—	FREEMARTIN	S	[n. -S] · the female of a pair of twin calves of unlike sex that is imperfectly developed and sterile, probably due to the influence of the male hormones of its twin during development in the uterus
—	METRALGIAS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] pain in or near the uterus (womb).
—	METRITISES	—	[n. -TISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the uterus.
—	MYOMECTOMY	—	[n. MYOMECTOMIES] · the surgical removal of a myoma, esp~ in the uterus
—	PUERPERIUM	—	[n. -RIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
—	COLPOSCOPES	—	[n. -S] · ® instrument for viewing the neck of the uterus
—	EMMENAGOGUE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An herb that stimulates blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus, causing menstruation.
—	ENDOMETRIAL	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus
—	ENDOMETRIUM	—	[n. -TRIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.
—	FETOSCOPIES	—	[n. -PIES] · (medicine) a procedure that permits observation of a fetus in the uterus
—	FREEMARTINS	—	[n. -S] · the female of a pair of twin calves of unlike sex that is imperfectly developed and sterile, probably due to the influence of the male hormones of its twin during development in the uterus
—	HYSTEROTOMY	—	[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical procedure of making an incision in the uterus, commonly combined with a laparotomy during a caesarean section.
—	RETROFLEXED	—	[a.] Bent in a posterior (backwards) direction, as the uterus
—	TROPHOBLAST	S	[n. -S] · the outer layer of cells of the embryo of placental mammals, which is attached to the uterus wall and absorbs nourishment from the uterine fluids
—	CERVICITISES	—	[n. -TISES] · inflammation of the neck of the uterus
—	EXTRAUTERINE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Outside the uterus.
—	HYSTERECTOMY	—	[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.
—	HYSTEROSCOPE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An instrument designed to allow visual examination of the uterus.
—	HYSTEROSCOPY	—	[n. HYSTEROSCOPIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
—	INTRAUTERINE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Located or taking place inside the uterus.
—	MENSTRUATION	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
—	MYOMECTOMIES	—	[n. MYOMECTOMIES] · the surgical removal of a myoma, esp~ in the uterus
—	PROGESTERONE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
—	RETROVERSION	S	[n. -S] · © a turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus
—	TROPHOBLASTS	—	[n. -S] · the outer layer of cells of the embryo of placental mammals, which is attached to the uterus wall and absorbs nourishment from the uterine fluids
—	ENDOMETRIOSES	—	[n. -TRIOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A generally painful condition characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue in places other than the lining of the uterus; an instance of such tissue being present.
—	ENDOMETRIOSIS	—	[n. -TRIOSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A generally painful condition characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue in places other than the lining of the uterus; an instance of such tissue being present.
—	PROGESTERONES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
—	PROSTAGLANDIN	S	[n. -S] · any of a group of potent hormone-like compounds composed of essential fatty acids and found in all mammalian tissues, esp~ human semen. Prostaglandins stimulate the muscles of the uterus and affect the blood vessels; they are used to induce abortion or birth
—	RETROVERSIONS	—	[n. -S] · © a turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus
—	SUPERFETATION	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
—	TROPHOBLASTIC	—	[a.] · Derivative of trophoblast «the outer layer of cells of the embryo of placental mammals, which is attached to the uterus wall and absorbs nourishment from the uterine fluids»
—	HYSTERECTOMIES	—	[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.
—	PROGESTATIONAL	—	[a.] · of or relating to the phase of the menstrual cycle, lasting approximately 14 days, during which the uterus is prepared for pregnancy by the secretion of progesterone from the corpus luteum
—	PROSTAGLANDINS	—	[n. -S] · any of a group of potent hormone-like compounds composed of essential fatty acids and found in all mammalian tissues, esp~ human semen. Prostaglandins stimulate the muscles of the uterus and affect the blood vessels; they are used to induce abortion or birth
—	SUPERFETATIONS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
—	CHORIOCARCINOMA	—	[n. -S] · a cancer that occurs during pregnancy in the uterus
—	HYPERINVOLUTION	—	[n. -S] · (medicine) a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
—	PREIMPLANTATION	—	[a.] · relating to the period before implantation in the uterus

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