extrauterine

adjective

ex·​tra·​uter·​ine ˌek-strə-ˈyü-tə-rən How to pronounce extrauterine (audio) -ˌrīn How to pronounce extrauterine (audio)
: situated or occurring outside the uterus
extrauterine pregnancy

Examples of extrauterine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Alabama Supreme Court ruled embryos are 'extrauterine children' The Southern Baptists resolution comes in the wake of a February decision from the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos could be legally treated as children. Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024 Daniels also introduced House Bill 240 on Tuesday, which would amend a part of the state constitution that supports that rights of unborn children to note that an extrauterine embryo is not an unborn child. Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024 An ectopic pregnancy, also called extrauterine pregnancy, is when a fertilized egg grows outside a woman's uterus, usually in a fallopian tube. Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of extrauterine was in 1709

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Cite this Entry

“Extrauterine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extrauterine. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

extrauterine

adjective
ex·​tra·​uter·​ine ˌek-strə-ˈyüt-ə-rən How to pronounce extrauterine (audio) -ˌrīn How to pronounce extrauterine (audio)
: situated or occurring outside the uterus
Endometriosis can be defined as the growth of endometrial tissue composed of both glandular and stromal elements at an extrauterine site.G. David Adamson, The Journal of the American Medical Association
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