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单词 womb
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Definition of womb in English:

womb

noun wuːmwum
  • 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.

    子宫

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its open letter on cloning was prompted by newspaper headlines of Panos Zavos's claims to have transferred the first cloned human embryo into a woman's womb.
    • This is a major operation in which the cervix and womb are removed.
    • In the past, it was thought that the baby's feet were twisted or cramped because of the way the baby lay in its mother's womb.
    • Aquatic experiences begin in the mother's womb where an infant is surrounded by amniotic fluid.
    • The baby is protected by the amniotic fluid in the womb and by your abdomen.
    • The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus or womb, which is located in a woman's lower abdomen.
    • With the growth of anatomical knowledge, the literal hypothesis of the morbidly wandering womb became increasingly untenable.
    • This fertilised egg then needs to be implanted in the woman's womb.
    • A woman's pelvic floor supports the bladder, womb and the bowel.
    • This was surprising to me - the hormones we're exposed to in the womb affect our finger lengths in statistically significant ways.
    • Malrotation is a type of mechanical obstruction caused by abnormal development of the intestines while a fetus is in the mother's womb.
    • Some of the man's sperm is put into the woman's womb at the same time as ovulation (the release of an egg), making conception more likely.
    • A hysteroscopy is an examination of the inside of the womb using a telescope called a hysteroscope.
    • This drug dissolves in the womb and results in the formation of scar tissue at the ends of the fallopian tubes, presumably preventing contraception.
    • Stem cells from amniotic fluid have been used to repair windpipe defects in unborn lambs while still in the womb.
    • Babies who are exposed to mercury while in the womb can suffer severe damage to the nervous system and may die.
    • I only ever say womb as a joke, although uterus sounds ridiculously medical.
    • One of the things your health care provider monitors is the size of your abdomen and the amount of amniotic fluid in your womb.
    • In emergencies a vertical abdominal and womb incision may be used.
    • Pregnant women can get varicose veins because of the pressure on the veins in the pelvis as the womb expands.

Derivatives

  • womb-like

  • adjective
    • A walk through the womb-like interior at Tynecastle rekindles many memories of the players who have trod the same path from youth-team hopeful to first-team regular that Severin is attempting to emulate.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Five hours is a long drive no matter how heart-stoppingly beautiful the scenery and we are pathetically grateful when the wind blows us into the womb-like warmth of the restaurant vestibule.
      • Inside its womb-like structure is an obsessively detailed model of an old-fashioned movie-house, complete with a 17-seat ‘balcony’ where the participants sit.
      • Moments are incredibly beautiful, especially when they dangle above a dappled stage wrapped womb-like in fabric, or entwined around the hoop, they spin into the shadows of the lighting grid.
      • The group set up a darkened, womb-like room, with a red velvet spread covering a big bed, candles everywhere, and pictures of Claire as a baby.
      • The mains-powered machine is equipped with a 15-minute timer with a push button to toggle between low and high speeds, recreating a gentle womb-like motion.

Origin

Old English wamb, womb, of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, zoom

Definition of womb in US English:

womb

nounwumwo͞om
  • 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.

    子宫

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The baby is protected by the amniotic fluid in the womb and by your abdomen.
    • Its open letter on cloning was prompted by newspaper headlines of Panos Zavos's claims to have transferred the first cloned human embryo into a woman's womb.
    • Stem cells from amniotic fluid have been used to repair windpipe defects in unborn lambs while still in the womb.
    • One of the things your health care provider monitors is the size of your abdomen and the amount of amniotic fluid in your womb.
    • Babies who are exposed to mercury while in the womb can suffer severe damage to the nervous system and may die.
    • The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus or womb, which is located in a woman's lower abdomen.
    • In the past, it was thought that the baby's feet were twisted or cramped because of the way the baby lay in its mother's womb.
    • This fertilised egg then needs to be implanted in the woman's womb.
    • A hysteroscopy is an examination of the inside of the womb using a telescope called a hysteroscope.
    • This is a major operation in which the cervix and womb are removed.
    • I only ever say womb as a joke, although uterus sounds ridiculously medical.
    • This was surprising to me - the hormones we're exposed to in the womb affect our finger lengths in statistically significant ways.
    • Aquatic experiences begin in the mother's womb where an infant is surrounded by amniotic fluid.
    • Some of the man's sperm is put into the woman's womb at the same time as ovulation (the release of an egg), making conception more likely.
    • This drug dissolves in the womb and results in the formation of scar tissue at the ends of the fallopian tubes, presumably preventing contraception.
    • In emergencies a vertical abdominal and womb incision may be used.
    • With the growth of anatomical knowledge, the literal hypothesis of the morbidly wandering womb became increasingly untenable.
    • A woman's pelvic floor supports the bladder, womb and the bowel.
    • Pregnant women can get varicose veins because of the pressure on the veins in the pelvis as the womb expands.
    • Malrotation is a type of mechanical obstruction caused by abnormal development of the intestines while a fetus is in the mother's womb.

Origin

Old English wamb, womb, of Germanic origin.

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