AD-UTERUM

(Lat.), n. ’te?-ru3m(ru4m). From ad, to, and uterus, the womb (adit us, iter, canal is, or some such word being understood, and the gender being determined by that word), Fr.,adutérum. Sp.,adutéro. G. St. Hilaire’s term for the oviduct in birds, or for the lower, dilated portion of it in which the egg acquires its shell. [L, 43, 95, 109.]