in utero
adverb or adjective
: in the uterus : before birth
a disease acquired in utero
an in utero diagnosis
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But soon after, the doctors came to us and said Katie had suffered a stroke in utero.
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Richard Laver, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
The German Darwinist Ernst Haeckel had speculated that while in utero human embryos pass through every stage of evolutionary history, developing first what look like gill slits and tails, which disappear in time.
—Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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Richard Laver, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
The German Darwinist Ernst Haeckel had speculated that while in utero human embryos pass through every stage of evolutionary history, developing first what look like gill slits and tails, which disappear in time.
—Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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in utero
adverb or adjective
: in the uterus : before birth
a disease acquired in utero
an in utero diagnosis
Legal Definition
in utero
adverb or adjective
: in the uterus : before birth
an injury suffered in utero
that her condition could possibly be linked to in utero exposure—Burgess v. Eli Lilly & Co., 995 F.2d 646 (1993)
Burgess v. Eli Lilly & Co., 995 F.2d 646 (1993)Etymology
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