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uterine
CIDE DICTIONARY
uterine, a. [L. uterinus born of the same mother, from uterus womb: cf. F. utérin.].
- Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb. [1913 Webster]
- Born of the same mother, but by a different father. [1913 Webster]"Walter Pope, uterine brother to Dr. Joh. Wilki//." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
uterine, adj.
1 of or relating to the uterus.
2 born of the same mother but not the same father (sister uterine).
1 of or relating to the uterus.
2 born of the same mother but not the same father (sister uterine).
Etymology
ME f. LL uterinus (as UTERUS)
THESAURUS
uterine
affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, avuncular, cervical, clitoral, closely related, cognate, collateral, congeneric, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distantly related, enate, foster, genital, german, germane, kindred, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, novercal, of the blood, ovarian, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, penial, penile, phallic, related, scrotal, seminal, sib, sibling, spermatic, testicular, vaginal, vulval, vulvarFor further exploring for "uterine" in Webster Dictionary Online