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in u⋅ter⋅o

[in yoo-tuh-roh]
–noun
in the uterus; unborn.

Origin:
1705–15; < L in uterō
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in u·ter·o   (ĭn yōō'tə-rō)   
adv.   & adj.
In the uterus.

[New Latin in uterō : Latin in, in + Latin uterō, ablative of uterus, uterus.]
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Main Entry: in utero
Pronunciation: in-'yü-t&-rO
Function: adv or adj
Etymology: Latin
: in the uterus : before birth in utero> in utero exposure —Burgess v. Eli Lilly & Company, 995 Federal Reporter, Second Series 646 (1993)>
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Main Entry: in utero
Pronunciation: in-'yüt-&-"rO
Function: adverb or adjective
: in the uterus : before birth inutero> in utero diagnosis>
Medical Dictionary

in utero in u·ter·o (ĭn y&oomacr;'tə-rō)
adj.
In the uterus.


in utero adv.

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