uterus
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- n a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- Five days after fertilization, the donor's uterus was flushed with a nutrient solution and the embryo was recovered and implanted in the infertile woman's uterus.
- She was awake and relaxed enough to let me watch (weird, I know) as Bennett inserted first a thin camera into her uterus and then, using a video monitor as a guide, a small coil .
- Other common reasons for hysterectomy include endometriosis, or growth of tissue outside the uterus, and pelvic pain.