noun ⇨ See also ↑ uterus
ADJECTIVE
▪ barren ( formal , old-fashioned )
▪ artificial
VERB + WOMB
▪ come out of , emerge from
▪
The baby's head was starting to emerge from the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the/your ~ , within the/your ~
▪
the baby growing in her ~
▪
A scan determines the position of the baby in the ~.
▪
the nine months for which we are carried in our mothers' ~s
▪ out of the/your ~
PHRASES
▪ the lining of the ~ , the neck of the ~ , the wall of the ~ (all esp. BrE ) (usually … of the uterus in AmE )