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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Read more about the science of siblings here, including how a male fetus's hormones can affect his sister's future in the womb.
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Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
No matter how much some Republicans are contorting themselves over IVF, the fact is, an embryo in the womb is no different than an embryo in a freezer.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The procedure involves fertilizing an egg outside the womb and implanting the embryo into the uterus.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2024
To image large organs deep in the body or a baby in the womb, physicians use a 1- to 2-MHz probe, which can provide 2- to 3-millimeter resolution and can reach up to 30 cm into the body.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
The memoir is eloquently written and deeply personal, with the first chapter opening at a Prince concert in Minneapolis with Lawson in their mother’s womb.
—Essence, 7 Mar. 2024
After six months or so in the womb of the cave, Flamini succumbed to its rhythms.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
Travel may test you, stretch you, even scare you — but nothing beats an adventure to a foreign place
Woman pleads guilty to murder for helping her mother kill pregnant teen, cut baby out of her womb
Alex Caruso isn’t afraid to redefine himself.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
There was also the birth of their son, Justice, who for frantic moments was stuck inside the womb during delivery.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
No matter how much some Republicans are contorting themselves over IVF, the fact is, an embryo in the womb is no different than an embryo in a freezer.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The procedure involves fertilizing an egg outside the womb and implanting the embryo into the uterus.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2024
To image large organs deep in the body or a baby in the womb, physicians use a 1- to 2-MHz probe, which can provide 2- to 3-millimeter resolution and can reach up to 30 cm into the body.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
The memoir is eloquently written and deeply personal, with the first chapter opening at a Prince concert in Minneapolis with Lawson in their mother’s womb.
—Essence, 7 Mar. 2024
After six months or so in the womb of the cave, Flamini succumbed to its rhythms.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
Travel may test you, stretch you, even scare you — but nothing beats an adventure to a foreign place
Woman pleads guilty to murder for helping her mother kill pregnant teen, cut baby out of her womb
Alex Caruso isn’t afraid to redefine himself.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
There was also the birth of their son, Justice, who for frantic moments was stuck inside the womb during delivery.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Womb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womb. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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