1
: uterus
2
a
: a cavity or space that resembles a womb in containing and enveloping
b
: a place where something is generated
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Mercury exposure to infants in the womb can have a severe impact on brain and nervous system development, the EPA noted.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2025
Fundamental distinctions: earth as a womb, or earth as a tomb of eternal punishment.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Hurting a woman would be like kicking my own mother's womb.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
According to some Buddhist scriptures, during Maya’s pregnancy the future Buddha never actually touched her womb, which was considered impure in early Indian Buddhism.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2025
Fundamental distinctions: earth as a womb, or earth as a tomb of eternal punishment.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Hurting a woman would be like kicking my own mother's womb.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
According to some Buddhist scriptures, during Maya’s pregnancy the future Buddha never actually touched her womb, which was considered impure in early Indian Buddhism.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for womb
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“Womb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womb. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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