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IN UTERO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the uterus

Example:

the child was infected in utero from the mother

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Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

It is associated with in utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES).

(Cervical Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The signs and symptoms vary significantly and include death in utero, failure to thrive, premature loss of deciduous teeth, early loss of the adult dentition, hypercalcemia, osteomalacia, skeletal defects, renal stones, and movement disorders.

(Hypophosphatasia, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers did not examine in this study whether males also experienced early onset puberty, but they did confirm that male mice exposed to arsenic in utero also displayed weight gain as they aged.

(Low-level arsenic exposure before birth associated with early puberty and obesity in female mice, NIH)