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a fist-sized muscle that builds a human, then evicts it with cinematic force
means The hollow, muscular organ in female mammals where a fertilized egg implants and a fetus develops until birth.
from Straight from Latin 'uterus,' meaning 'womb' or 'belly,' which is likely related to a Proto-Indo-European root tied to swelling or the cavity of the body — a cousin of words for 'abdomen' and 'belly.' The Greek counterpart 'hystera' (also 'womb') took a separate path into English, surfacing in 'hysteria,' from the old and discredited belief that the womb wandered the body causing emotional turmoil.
- size shift
- Expands from a pear to a watermelon
- strongest muscle
- Contractions rank among the body's most powerful
- spare parts
- Some people are born with two
- self-renewing
- Sheds and rebuilds its lining monthly
- transplantable
- Donated uteri have delivered live babies
sarah's case — first uterine transplant recipient to give birth, cleveland clinic, 2023
lindsey's transplant — second uterine transplant baby born in us, penn medicine, 2024