different between uterus vs chorion

English

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ju?.t??.?s/
• Hyphenation: u?ter?us

Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

1. (anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

Synonyms

• matrix (now archaic)
• metra
• womb

Derived terms

• uterine
• corpus uteri

Related terms

• hystera
• hysteria
• hysterectomy
• in utero

Translations

Further reading

• uterus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• uterus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• uterus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• suture

Czech

Alternative forms

• uter

Etymology

From English uterus, from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ut?rus]
• Hyphenation: ute?rus

Noun

uterus m inan

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonym: d?loha

Declension

Further reading

• uterus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• uterus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Etymology

From English uterus, from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +? *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??t?r?s]
• Hyphenation: utè?rus

Noun

uterus (first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus.

   Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

Related terms

Further reading

• “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• uterum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +? *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u.te.rus/, [??t????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.te.rus/, [?u?t???us]

Noun

uterus m (genitive uter?); second declension

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
2. fetus, newborn
3. belly, paunch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• uterculus
• uter?nus

Descendants

References

Further reading

• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• uterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Malay

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ut?rus/

Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling ???????, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, impolite 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

Synonyms

• peranakan
• kandung
• kandungan
• rahim

English

Etymology

From Late Latin chorion, from Ancient Greek ?????? (khórion, “membrane surrounding the fetus, afterbirth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??i?n/

Noun

chorion (plural chorions or choria)

1. (anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
   • 2002, Rovert E. A. Stewart, Barbara E. Stewart, Female Reproductive Systems, entry in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, page 425,

     The allantois fuses with the chorion, forming a small round area, the allentochorion. This region becomes the placenta (Fig. 3).

   • 2006, Ona Marie Faye-Petersen, Debra S. Heller, Vijay V. Joshi, Handbook Of Placental Pathology, page 4,

     In this illustration, some license is taken, since the amnion is shown as still separate from the chorion; this is done to illustrate the process of apposition of the amniotic sac to the chorion and to accentuate the interposition of the yolk sac between the amnion and the chorion.
2. (biology, entomology) The outer case of an insect egg.
   • 2008, John L. Capinera, Eggs of Insects, entry in John L. Capinera (editor), Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 1290,

     In addition to facilitating gas exchange and water conservation, the chorion must, in some cases, allow uptake of water or liquid nutrients from the environment.

3. (botany) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

chorion m (plural chorions)

1. (anatomy) chorion (all senses)

Derived terms

• chorionique