in utero

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Borrowed from Latin in utero (in the uterus).

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in utero (not comparable)

  1. Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb.

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in utero (not comparable)

  1. Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics Codex entry:
      Most organic species are capable of developing biotic abilities, though there are risks involved. Biotics are the result of in-utero exposure to element zero. This usually causes fatal cancers in the victim, but in rare cases it coalesces into nodules within the fetus's developing nervous system.
    • 2015 December, Richard A. Stein, “The Naturome Awaits the Nurturome”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, volume 35, number 21, page 36:
      A major research effort in Dr. Nawrot's group is focusing on understanding in utero factors that shape disease risk later in life.
    • 2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired[1], →ISSN:
      Magana traces his love for music back to an experience in utero: In the spring of 1993, his pregnant mother attended a Guns N’ Roses show at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes.

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  • prenatal (semantically overlapping, although not always interchangeable)

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