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uterine

Syllabification: (u·ter·ine)
Definition of uterine

adjective

  • of or relating to the uterus or womb:uterine contractions
  • [attributive] born of the same mother but not having the same father:a uterine sister

Origin:

late Middle English: from uterus + -ine1, or, in the sense 'born of the same mother', from late Latin uterinus

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