See Also: uterus(medicine)
uterus(encyclopedia)
uterus(dictionary)
Uterus(health)
uterus(dictionary)
small uterus(medicine)
triangular uterus(medicine)
unicorn uterus(medicine)
uterus bipartitus(medicine)
uterus acollis(medicine)

envisage (iou) and uterus (sh)


envisage (iou)



envisage verb trans. E19.
[French envisager, formed as EN-1, VISAGE.]
Look straight at. Chiefly fig., face up to (danger etc.). arch. E19.
Keats To envisage circumstance, all calm, That is the top of sovereignty. R. Macaulay Two pairs of..eyes envisaged that remote wilderness.
Contemplate, regard, esp. in a particular way; imagine, esp. as a possibility or a future event; expect that. E19.
E. Bowen Sickness not having been envisaged, there was no sickroom. W. Golding I drew in my breath..as I envisaged the appearance I must have presented.
envisagement noun L19.

uterus (sh)




or womb

Inverted-pear-shaped organ of the female reproductive system, in which the embryo and fetus develop during Pregnancy.

Lying over and behind the bladder, it is 2.5-3 in. (6-8 cm) long and about 2.5 in. (6 cm) across at the top, where the fallopian tubes enter it; at the Other end, the cervix extends down into the vagina. The uterine lining (endometrium), a moist mucous membrane, changes in thickness during the menstrual cycle (see menstruation), being thickest at ovulation in readiness for a fertilized egg. The uterine wall, about 1 in. (2.5 cm) thick, expands and becomes thinner as a fetus develops inside. The cervix expands to about 4 in. (10 cm) for delivery. Disorders of the uterus include infections, benign and malignant tumours, prolapse, endometriosis, and fibroids (leiomyomas; see muscle tumour).