Definitions for: Womb


[n] a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus



Webster (1913) Definition: Womb (w[=oo]m), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb;
akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe,
Icel. v["o]mb, Sw. v[*a]mb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that
the hogs eat, and no man gave him. --Wyclif (Luke
xv. 16).

An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were
simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my
womb, my womb undoes me. --Shak.

2. (Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus.

3. The place where anything is generated or produced.

The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
--Dryden.

4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.

The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the
bluebell's womb. --R. Browning.


Womb, v. t.
To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in
secret. [Obs.] --Shak.

Synonyms: uterus

See Also: 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, venter

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