So, in the new study, the team suggests that a behavior unique to this order may also play a role — a kind of cannibalism that occurs in the womb.
Cannibalism in the womb may have helped megalodon sharks become giants|Carolyn Gramling|October 5, 2020|Science News
To the left is what is ostensibly a dining room, where everything is hot pink and it feels like the world’s most chaotic bubble bath, or maybe a very fun womb.
How a TikTok house destroyed itself|Rebecca Jennings|October 1, 2020|Vox
Researchers hypothesized that a mother’s starvation during pregnancy changed how her baby developed in the womb.
Decades-long project is linking our health to the environment|Lindsey Konkel|March 12, 2020|Science News For Students
At present, not every woman is young enough, fertile enough, or healthy enough to have a baby using her own eggs or her own womb.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The womb may become artificial by the end of the century but it will still be the battleground for feminist politics.
The Artificial Womb Will Change Feminism Forever|Samantha Allen|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But when the womb—the most politicized body part in history—is separated from the woman, what will it mean for feminism?
The Artificial Womb Will Change Feminism Forever|Samantha Allen|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the Latin mātrīx for “womb” comes from the same Indo-European root that gives us the English “mother.”
The Artificial Womb Will Change Feminism Forever|Samantha Allen|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In New York City, affluent parents sign up for pre-school while their child is still in the womb.
All Kids Want a Head Start|Eleanor Clift|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is lovely to look upon, and enchants by her sweet singing, but her womb is loathsome.
The Crown of Wild Olive|John Ruskin
This occurs every month and each time the womb becomes a little stronger and better able to hold a growing babe.
Confidences|Edith B. Lowry
But to do so consigns the infant in the womb from darkness to darkness.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari|James S. De Benneville
Womb Spasms: Cramp bark, one ounce; skullcap, one ounce; skunk cabbage, four drams.
Searchlights on Health|B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols
She had borne the Emperor in her womb, but the philosopher outsoared her comprehension.
The Ninth Vibration And Other Stories|L. Adams Beck
British Dictionary definitions for womb
womb
/ (wuːm) /
noun
the nontechnical name for uterus Related adjective: uterine
a hollow space enclosing something, esp when dark, warm, or sheltering
a place where something is conceivedthe Near East is the womb of western civilization
obsoletethe belly
Derived forms of womb
wombed, adjectivewomblike, adjective
Word Origin for womb
Old English wamb; related to Old Norse vomb, Gothic wamba, Middle Low German wamme, Swedish våmm