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womb

/wuːm/

/wum/

Translations

wombnoun

wombs

/wuːm/

/wum/

The baby develops in the womb during pregnancy.

Ребенок развивается в матке во время беременности.

Synonyms

gestational sac

wombadjective

/wuːm/

/wum/

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

wombnoun

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.

wombadjective

Relating to or situated in the womb.

Prenatal scans can detect womb abnormalities early.