Ute (ut)

[Native name.] A member of a tribe of American Indians who belong to the Shoshone family, and dwell in Utah, Colorado, and neighboring regions. It. uteri no, He [Francis Bacon] had a uterine brother, Anthony Bacon, who was a very great statesman, and much beyond brother Francis for the Politiques. Aubrey, Lives (Francis Bacon). Uterine artery, a branch of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery, very tortuous in its course along the side of the uterus between the layers of the broad ligament, giving off numerous branches, which ramify on the anterior and posterior surfaces and in the substance of the uterus.- Uterine cake. See placenta, 1 (a). - Uterine gestation, plexus, sinus. See the nouns. - Uterine sac, in ascidians, the shortened and widened oviduct, containing the ovarian follicle and ovum. Its oviducal part is applied to the wall of the ovicyst, or incubatory pouch, while the other or inner half contains the ovum.Uterine souffle. Same as placental souffle (which see, under placental ).- Uterine tubes, tympanites, vellum, See the nouns. uterocopulatory (ūte-rō-kopū-lā-to-ri), a. Vaginal or copulatory, as certain sexual pa ages of hermaphrodite gastropods: correlated with uterodeferent.