uterine

See also: utérine

English

Etymology

From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjutəɹaɪn/
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Adjective

uterine (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the uterus.
Synonym: (not medical/technical) wombly
Born of the same mother but of a different father.
uterine siblings

Derived terms

absolute uterine factor infertility, AUFI
absolute uterine infertility, AUIF
intrauterine device
intrauterine insemination
intra-uterine, intrauterine
intrauterinely
uterine brother
uterine cycle
uterine factor infertility
uterine infertility
uterine isthmus
uterine nephew
uterine sibling
uterine sister
uterine tube
vulvo-uterine, vulvouterine

Translations

of or pertaining to the uterus

Armenian: արգանդային (argandayin)
Bulgarian: маточен (matočen), утробен (utroben)
Catalan: uterí
Chinese:
Cantonese: 子宮, 子宫 (zi² gung¹)
Hakka: 子宮, 子宫 (chṳ́-kiûng)
Jin: 子宮, 子宫 (zi² gung¹)
Mandarin: 子宮／子宫 (zh) (zǐgōng)
Min Nan: 子宮 (zh-min-nan), 子宫 (chú-kiong, chír-kiong, chí-kiong), 生囝袋 (seⁿ-kiáⁿ-tē, siⁿ-kiáⁿ-tē)
Dutch: baarmoeder-
Esperanto: utera
French: utérin (fr)
Galician: uterino
Greek: μητρικός (el) (mitrikós)
Ido: uterala
Italian: uterino (it)
Italian: uterino (it)
Latin: uterīnus
Russian: утробный (ru) (utrobnyj), маточный (ru) (matočnyj)
Spanish: uterino
Volapük: vümik

born of the same mother but of a different father

Catalan: uterí
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同母異父／同母异父 (tóngmǔ yìfù)
Min Nan: 仝母各爸 (kāng-bó-koh-pēe)
Xiang: 共娘隔爺, 共娘隔爷 (gong⁴ nyian² ge⁶ ia²)
Latin: uterīnus
Japanese: 胤違い (たねちがい, tanechigai), 異父 (ja) (いふ, ifu), 行き合い (ゆきあい, yukiai)

Noun

uterine (plural uterines)

A uterine sibling.

Anagrams

neurite, retinue, reunite, unitree

German

Adjective

uterine

inflection of uterin:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

uterine

feminine plural of uterino

Anagrams

neurite, unirete, unterei

Latin

Adjective

uterīne

vocative masculine singular of uterīnus