uterus
nounHow to pronounce uterus:
Definition of uterus:
- uterus (noun):
- a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus.
- a muscular organ of the female mammal for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development prior to birth
Synonyms for uterus:
arteria uterina
cervix
cervix uteri
endometrium
fallopian tube
female internal reproductive organ
female reproductive system
myometrium
oviduct
placenta
uterine artery
uterine cavity
uterine cervix
uterine tube
womb
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- integrate
- farmer's lung
- Bangladesh
- moodiness
- listening
- adhesive
- subtrahend
- stern-wheeler
- preceding
- monorhyme
- worriless
- Jucika
- flowerpot
- testify
- seventy
- overnight
- addable
- vicereine
- uncanny
- unadvised
- quietened
- pervaded
- Mackinac
- Habiki
- festinate
- overhead
- unwisely
- unfulfilled
- sleepiest
- nocturnal
- noadiah
- established
- enlistee
- retina
- impeachment
- fatefully
- cobbler
- rapturous
- positive
- oncoming
- fallible
- dictator
- Buchanan
- ungenuine
- Poseidon
- horizons
- pregnancy
- newfangled
- devious
- decorum
- … more
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