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womb

Pronunciation: /wuːm/
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Definition of womb

noun

  • the organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the uterus.

Derivatives

womb-like

adjective

Origin:

Old English wamb, womb, of Germanic origin

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