Synonyms for uterus
ˈyu tər əs; ˈyu təˌraɪuterus

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1. uterusnoun

   Synonyms:
   metra, womb, matrix

2. uterusnoun

   An organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth; the womb.

   Synonyms:
   metra, womb, matrix

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:4.0 / 1 vote

1. uterus, wombnoun

   a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

   Synonyms:
   womb

Matched Categories

1. • Female Internal Reproductive Organ

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. děloha

   uterus=děloha (in czech)

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

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1. uterusnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Anat.) womb

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1. List of paraphrases for "uterus":

   womb, uterine, uteri, cervix, utero, ncsp

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uterus

   Synonyms:
   Womb

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1. Kim Kardashian:

   Right after delivery, the placenta usually then comes out. Kim Kardashian did not, my placenta stayed attached inside my uterus, which is a condition called placenta accreta. This is a high-risk condition that happens when the placenta grows too deeply into the uterine wall.

2. Nirja Bhatnagar:

   It is an unimaginable violation, there is no human rights violation worse than having to remove your uterus so you can enter an informal economy that does not care for you.

3. Billy Porter:

   It's a beautiful nod to Elizabethan couture, at the fitting, we spoke about making a pattern on the train that was in the shape of a uterus, but not obvious, of course. And I thought it was awesome because women's rights are under attack right now. I'm an advocate for all who are disenfranchised. None of us are free until we're all free ! I really want to make sure that I'm showing up for all of the disenfranchised people I can so that we can find power in our unity. This government is trying to take away the woman's right to choose and that's unacceptable.

4. Mark Fox:

   The reason that I think most people think the hiccups occur( in the uterus) is that it is actually training the respiratory muscles in the womb... because you do need to breathe just as soon as you're born. By repeatedly contracting and relaxing the diaphragm and the( other) breathing muscles, it trains the baby.

5. Jennifer Leighdon Wu:

   We know that smoking causes vasoconstriction, or constriction of the blood vessels, when this happens with the uterus, it can cause pain.