MYOMETRIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does myometrium mean? • MYOMETRIUM (noun)
The noun MYOMETRIUM has 1 sense:
1. the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus
Familiarity information: MYOMETRIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MYOMETRIUM (noun)
Meaning:
The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("myometrium" is a kind of...):
involuntary muscle; smooth muscle (a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart))
Holonyms ("myometrium" is a part of...):
uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)
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