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Uterus vs Superfetation - What's the difference?

uterus | superfetation |

As nouns the difference between uterus and superfetation

is that uterus is (anatomy) an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth; the womb while superfetation is the formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.

uterus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) An organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth; the womb.

    • Synonyms

    * matrix (now archaic) * metra * womb

    Derived terms

    * uterine * corpus uteri

    Related terms

    * hystera * hysteria * hysterectomy * in utero

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    superfetation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * superfoetation, (hypercorrect)

    Noun

    (wikipedia superfetation) (en noun)
  • The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
  • An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.
  • * 1992 , Geoffrey Wall, translator of (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary)
    • These gentlemen were greatly astonished at Bovary's romantic ideas, and the pharmacist hurried in to say to him: "This velvet looks to me rather a superfetation . Besides, the expense..."