Uterus

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uterus \U"te*rus\, n. [L.]
     1. (Anat.) The organ of a female mammal in which the young
        are developed previous to birth; the womb.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The uterus is simply an enlargement of the oviduct, and


           in the lower mammals there is one on each side, but in
           the higher forms the two become more or less completely
           united into one. In many male mammals there is a small
           vesicle, opening into the urinogenital canal, which
           corresponds to the uterus of the female and is called
           the male uterus, or [NL.] uterus masculinus.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the
        oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are
        retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop
        more or less. See Illust. of {Hermaphrodite} in Append.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uterus
       n : a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females;
           contains the developing fetus [syn: {womb}]
       [also: {uteri} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "uterus":
     bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, cervix, clitoris,
     cod, cods, cullions, family jewels, female organs, genitalia,
     genitals, gonads, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips,
     male organs, matrix, meat, nuts, nymphae, ovary, penis, phallus,
     private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda,
     reproductive organs, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic,
     sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, vagina, venter, vulva,
     womb, yoni