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womb
(womb)
Pronunciation:
/wuːm/
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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