1
: uterus
2
a
: a cavity or space that resembles a womb in containing and enveloping
b
: a place where something is generated
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Four months later, Trevizo was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after an autopsy determined that the child — posthumously named Alex Ray Fierro — had been breathing outside the womb.
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Jefferson City native Brad Wilson now lives in Dallas, but said he was taught to hate KU straight out of the womb.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
For whatever reason, our babies emerged from the womb less mature in comparison with other species.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
The solution came to me, in a roundabout way, when my great friend Henri Seydoux — the CEO of French drone firm Parrot — explained to me that the fingers of a fetus’ hand in its mother’s womb are not formed by adding matter but by removing it.
—CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Jefferson City native Brad Wilson now lives in Dallas, but said he was taught to hate KU straight out of the womb.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
For whatever reason, our babies emerged from the womb less mature in comparison with other species.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
The solution came to me, in a roundabout way, when my great friend Henri Seydoux — the CEO of French drone firm Parrot — explained to me that the fingers of a fetus’ hand in its mother’s womb are not formed by adding matter but by removing it.
—CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Womb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womb. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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