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womb

/wuːm/

/wum/

wombnoun

wombs

/wuːm/

/wum/

Translations

The baby develops in the womb during pregnancy.

Ребенок развивается в матке во время беременности.

Definitions

The organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the uterus.

The doctor explained that the baby was developing well inside the womb.

A place or environment where something is conceived, nurtured, and developed.

The university served as the womb of the modern environmental movement.

Synonyms

gestational sac

wombadjective

/wuːm/

/wum/

Used attributively before another noun, e.g. 'womb cancer', to denote relation to the womb.

Definitions

Relating to or situated in the womb.

Prenatal scans can detect womb abnormalities early.