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The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation.

ther, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.

The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.

got, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.

m ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.

Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra- uterine fetation. Hoblyn.

Outside of the uterus, or womb. Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.), a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.

pian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.

An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus. Dunglison.

To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety. " His gravid associate." Sir T. Herbert.

g, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.

Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. Center of inertia. (Mech.) See under Center.

Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.

The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.