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womb
[ woom ]
noun
- the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals.
- the place in which anything is formed or produced:
the womb of time.
- the interior of anything.
- Obsolete. the belly.
womb
/ ɳː /
noun
- the nontechnical name for uterus uterine
- a hollow space enclosing something, esp when dark, warm, or sheltering
- a place where something is conceived
the Near East is the womb of western civilization
- obsolete.the belly
womb
- See uterus
Derived Forms
- ˈɴdz, adjective
- wombed, adjective
Other Word Forms
- wombed adjective
- ܲ·ɴdz verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of womb1
Example Sentences
A baby boy has been "born twice" after surgeons lifted his mother's womb out of her abdomen during a life-saving operation.
About 1.5 million women in the UK are thought to have the condition, which causes pain and extreme tiredness as a result of tissue similar to the womb lining growing elsewhere in the body.
Only those embryos which are not affected by the condition are placed back into the womb.
Ms Ward said doctors initially thought Albi could have rubbed his legs together while in the womb and removed the skin.
Since Bezos’ main competitor in the world’s richest man pageant is running around bragging about his plan to seed more wombs, these testimonials emphasize the nobility in the Blue Origin founder’s space flight sponsorship.
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