meaning of uterus
1. The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.
2. 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.
3. a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
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