uterus
Cross references: 1. womb uter.us \'yu:t-*-r*s, 'yu:-tr*s\ \-.ri-, -.re-, -.tri-, -.tre-\ n or uteri [L] pl 1: an organ of the female mammal for containing and usu. for nourishing the young during development previous to birth 2: an analogous structure in some lower animals in which eggs or young deve lop