u'terus

[L.] The womb the hollow muscular organ in which the impregnated ovum is developed into the child it is about three inches in length in the non-pregnant woman, and consists of a main portion, corpus or body, with an elongated lower part, cervix or neck, at the extremity of which is the opening, os or mouth. The upper rounded portion of the uterus, opposite the os, is the fundus, at each extremity of which is the comu or horn marking the part where the Fallopian tube joins the uterus and through which the ovum reaches the cavity of the womb after leaving the ovary. The organ is supported in the pelvic cavity by the broad ligaments, round ligaments, and recto uterine and vesicouterine folds or ligaments, sadd'le-shaped u., u. arcuatus. u. arcua'- tus, arcuate u., saddle-shaped u; one with a depre ion at the fundus, an incomplete u. bicorn is. u. bicamera'tus vetula'rum [L. two chambered womb of the aged], a condition in which fluid accumulates in and distends the cervix and body of the uterus, the two ora being sealed by adhesions, u. bicor'nis, bifid u., one which is more or le completely divided into two lateral organs it differs from u. bUocularis in that there is no external; mark of separation in the latter, u. bi'fid us, bifid u., u. bicomis. u. bifor'is [L. hi-, two, for is, entrance], double mouthed u., u. sub sept us, in which the body is single but the cervix is divided into two by a septum, u. bilocula'ris, bipartite u., one which is UTERUS divided into two cavities by an anteroposterior septum, u. biparti'tus, u. bilocular is. u. cordiform'is, heart-shaped u., an incomplete u. bicomis with a wedge-shaped depre ion at the fundus. u. didel'phys [G. di-, two, delphys, womb], -tdouble u. due to failure of the ducts of Miiller to unite, u. du'plex, double u., u. bifid us, or u. bilocular is. a. incudifonn'is [L. of anvil form], u. bicomis in which the fundus between the two comua is broad and fiat, u. plan i fun dalis, u. triangular is, u. masculi'nus, sinus pocularis, prostatic vesicle, utrictdus prostatic us [BNA]. u. parvicoU'is [L. parvus, small, collum, neck], a -Iuterus with abnormal and disproportionately small cervix, u. plan i fund a'lis, u. in cud i form is. u. sep'tuS) septate u., u. bilocular is. u. subsep'- tus, an incomplete u. sept us, u. tiiangula'ris, u. in cud i form is. u. unicor'nis, one-homed u., one in which only one lateral half exists, the other half being undeveloped or absent. absence, ametria. anemia, a metro he mia, metranemia. atony, hysteranesis, me trat on i a. atrophy, metratrophy, metratrophia. blood in, hematometra, metro hernia, calculus, hysterolith, metro lith, uterolith, lithometra, womb-stone; lit hoped i on (calcified fetus). cancer, hysterocarcinoma, metro carcinoma, metro scirrhus, carcinoma uteri, closure of os, hysteratresia, me trat res i a, atretometria; hysterocleisis (operative), congestion, metro plethora, me try pere mia, hysterohyperemia. contraction of cavity, metro stenosis, steno me tri a. correction of displacement, met rort hos is, see also fixation of displaced, curvature, metro scoliosis, metro camps i a, metro lox i a, hysteroloxia, anteroflexion, ante flexion, poster of lex i on, retroflexion, laterofiexion. dilatation, metrectasia, hysterectasia, metraneurysm; hystereurysis metreurysis (mechanical), discharge from hysterorrhea, metrorrhea; metrydrorrhea (serous); leucorrhea, menstrua alba (mucopurulent); metros tax is (slight); lochia (following childbirth), disease of, hysteropathy, metropathy. displacement, met rec top i a metroptosia, hysteroptosia, prolapsus uteri, proc dentia uteri (downward) ante i overs i on, anteversion (forward); Ir.teroversion; (later, ally) poster overs i on, retroversion (backward), dropsyhydrohystera,; hydrometra. enlargement, hysterauxesis, metrauxe. metrypertroph a. excision, hysterectomy, met recto my, uterectomy, hysterolaparotomy, hysteroceliotomy, metro steres is. fibroid tumor, hysteroma, hysteroncus, metro fibroma, hysteromyoma. fixation of displaced, hysteropexy, hysteropexia, uteropexia, hysterogastrorrhaphy, uterofixation, ventrofixation, vagi no fixation, ventrovesicofixation, hysterocystopexy. gangrene, cacometria, metrocace, hysterocace. gas in, hysteremphysema, physometra. Hemorrhage, hysterorrhagia, metrorrhagia, uterorrhagia,ha;morrhagia uteri; metros tax is (slight) hernia, hysterocele, metrocele, hysterobubonocele. impeifor-. ation of_ cervix, atretometria hysteratresia, me trat res i a. incision mto, hysterotomy, cesarean section, laparohysterotomy, celiohysterotomy, metro to my! hysterotrachelotomy, trachelectomy, hysterostomatomy. in flamm at i n, metritis, hysteritis, uteritis, metrophlogosis; Ipchometritis (following childbirth); metro pent on its. per i metritis (of peritoneal investment); trachelitis, cervicitis (of neck) metro phlebitis, metrophlebothrombosis (of veins)- metro salpingitis (with oviducts); para metritis, pelvic celluhtis (of connective ti ue surrounding); endometritis cot mucous membrane), instrument lor dilating, hystereurynter, metreurynter, instrument for examining, hysterpscqpe, metro scope, uterine speculum, utenne sound. mstniment for making traction on. uterotractor. mstrum _ nt for measuring, hysterometer, metro meter, uterometer, instrument for of contractions, metro dynamometer iS=S.^™=l. f""^ '?' P"='^"8 HP a displaced, uteropositor.'SlS.^^flJj *? supportmg, S™,S^^ ' pe ary, hysterophore. inversion, met ran a strophe. neurosis of, hysteroneurosis, me trone una. normal pregnancy in, hysterocye^ot,^!^"^^^'''*.'™^?"'"• hysteralgia, hysterodynia, f^tftS^ • 1 '"f'"'''^'^' 'iteralgia, dolor uterinus ^^^r^',"y?terocoIic. paralyse, hysteroparalysis, metro paralysis prolapse, hysteroptosia, metroptosia rluillZ"?}^"^^^^' relating to, utenne, P'^°'apstis metric,utricular, uteri, procident i a retention of lochia uteri! Sl-trnrr^"^ ^^' '^hioschesis. ruptOTB, hystcrorrhexis, metrorrhexis, science in relation to, hysterology sensitivene , me try per esthesia. Bofteiingf hystero: mafero™» ''y^t^"' >^™"!^' metromalacik, metrowi*.,^ •^etromalacosis, spasmodic contraction, hysterospasm, ' hysterotrismus, me try per cines i a. sur-