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Before birth (Latin)
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in utero
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In utero is a Latin term literally meaning "in the womb ". In biology , the phrase describes the state of an embryo or fetus . In legal contexts, the phrase is used to refer to unborn children. Under common law , unborn children are still considered to ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. in the uterus; "the child was infected in utero from the mother"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. Occurring or residing within the uterus or womb; unborn.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin, literally "in the uterus" (see uterus ).
Usage examples of in utero.
And considering the environmental factors in utero-that is, broad-spectrum antibiotics, tripling of the background radiation count due to nuclear weapons, dietary influences, et cetera-yes, I should put the probability of induced mutation rather high.
In a way, he'd walked out on me, although I'd been in utero and therefore unavailable for good-byes.
But Colette insisted that we make one more baby and teach him in utero more or less the way you Poltroyans teach your fetuses.
They're the chemicals that cross the placenta and affect a child's growth in utero.
Since a baby born prematurely in the seventh month of pregnancy is in no significant respect different from a fetus in utero in the seventh month, it must, it seems to me, follow that abortion, at least in the last trimester, is very close to murder.
The fetus still goes through a similar stage in utero, and there's good evidence for a more aquatic past for adults.
The fetus still goes through a similar stage in utero, and there´.