uterine
[yoo-ter-in, -tuh-rahyn]
- of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- related through having had the same mother.
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Origin of uterine
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These drugs, in turn, can create more aggressive contractions, which increase the risk of uterine rupture.
Historical Examples
In each of these conditions there is uterine pain and hemorrhage.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and MutilationAustin O'Malley
Hippocrates describes a uterine syringe with a tube of silver.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman TimesJohn Stewart Milne
Semi-transparent lymph was found in some of the uterine veins.
Some of the uterine veins were found to contain a turbid fluid.
Viburnum has been called a uterine sedative, whatever that may be.
uterine
- of, relating to, or affecting the uterus
- (of offspring) born of the same mother but not the same fatheruterine brothers
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Word Origin and History for uterine
adj.
"pertaining to the womb," early 15c., from Old French uterin, from Late Latin uterinus "pertaining to the womb," also "born of the same mother," from Latin uterus "womb" (see uterus).
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uterine
(yōō′tər-ĭn, -tə-rīn′)- Of, relating to, or in the region of the uterus.
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