womb
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Caroline was diagnosed with endometriosis – where cells similar to those in the lining of the womb grow in other parts of the body – in her mid 20s.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
About 160 million years ago, near the end of the Jurassic Period, the common ancestor of all placental mammals, whose young develop in the womb, appeared.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Will people understand uterectomy? Is simply saying removal of the womb better?"
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
This meant that children born just a few months apart had very different levels of sugar exposure both in the womb and during early childhood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
He and I had talked about how odd it was that we were called “twins” when we were really nothing more than siblings who happened to grow in the womb together at the same time.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
No details have been made public about the three women who have so far received wombs from deceased donor organs.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
With this new definition, people who need to “borrow” DNA and wombs from fertility helpers—egg donors, sperm donors, and gestational carriers—have more protection from being discriminated against at fertility clinics and by insurance companies.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2023
To make it weirder, the association that trained Johnson bases their ideas on the teachings of the Greek physician Hippocrates, who died in 370 B.C., and believed that women's wombs could "wander" through their bodies.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023
After the 2017 study generated extensive media coverage, fears spread that artificial wombs could one day replace pregnancy.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
And I am sure that, as all pendulums reverse their swing, so eventually will the swollen cities rupture like dehiscent wombs and disperse their children back to the countryside.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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