womb
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Endometriosis is where cells similar to those in the lining of the womb grow in other parts of the body, resulting in what Barnett has described as "bone-grinding, life-altering pain".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Zika can spread from a birthing parent to their child in the womb and cause congenital disabilities, which notoriously led to panic after an outbreak erupted in Brazil in 2015.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Usually, treatment involves inserting a needle into the womb to either drain some of the fluid or seal blood vessels using a laser.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The condition - which affects one in 10 women in the UK - is when tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside of it.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The mother’s womb provided nutrition so that this data could be transformed into a child.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
No details have been made public about the three women who have so far received wombs from deceased donor organs.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
With this new definition, people who need to “borrow” DNA and wombs from fertility helpers—egg donors, sperm donors, and gestational carriers—have more protection from being discriminated against at fertility clinics and by insurance companies.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2023
The development of artificial wombs represents a “big transformational leap” that “solves lots of issues,” says David.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
It was a classic pyramid scheme, even if cleverly dressed up in language about women's natural ability to generate abundance, just as we gestate children in our miraculous wombs.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2021
They were all hidden away on the longbeds in their bags like babies in wombs, invisible, indistinguishable.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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