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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One of the most important moments in a human embryo's journey to becoming a baby is when the microscopic ball of cells burrows into the womb.
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Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
God chose a family, a holy family, a 14-year-old virgin, to bring his son into the world through the womb, which is statistically now the most dangerous place in the world.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors claimed that Park was still alive while her mom, Cortney, allegedly cut her unborn child out of her womb.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than instructing children to look outside of themselves to a world filled with cruelty and injustice, we are encouraged to turn inward, to the self, and then smaller still, to the womb of one’s discontent.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
God chose a family, a holy family, a 14-year-old virgin, to bring his son into the world through the womb, which is statistically now the most dangerous place in the world.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors claimed that Park was still alive while her mom, Cortney, allegedly cut her unborn child out of her womb.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than instructing children to look outside of themselves to a world filled with cruelty and injustice, we are encouraged to turn inward, to the self, and then smaller still, to the womb of one’s discontent.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Womb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womb. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.
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