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 ==Definitions and Wikipedia policy== 
 Regarding the suggestion that the word ""womb"" should be eliminated from Wikipedia, and replced in all instances by the word ""uterus"", I disagree.  There is room for both words in Wikipedia. 

 The word ""womb"" has been in this article long before I ever touched this article.  There is no consensus for completely removing it. 

 The words ""womb"" and ""uterus"" are synonymous.  This article can use both the words ""womb"" and ""uterus.""  The latter is a more clinical word, and the former word is in common use.  Wikipedia guidelines say: ""Write for the average reader and a general audience—not professionals or patients. Explain medical jargon or use plain English instead if possible.""  There is nothing inappropriate about using the word ""womb"" in this article. 

 Following are several dictionary definitions that demonstrate ""womb"" is synonymous with ""uterus"": 

 From Medicine-net.com.... 

 :""Womb: The womb (uterus) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and the rectum. The narrow, lower portion of the uterus is the cervix; the broader, upper part is the corpus. The corpus is made up of two layers of tissue."" 

 From Encarta: 

 :""uterus of woman: a uterus, especially a woman's ( not in technical use )"" 

 From the US National Institutes of Health: 

 :""The small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis. This is the organ in which a baby grows. Also called the uterus. 

 From the Meriam-Webster Online Dictionary: 

 :""1  UTERUS"" 

 From Dictionary.com: 
 
 :""the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals."" 

 From American Heritage Dictionary for ""uterus"" (via Dictionary.com): 
 
 :""A hollow muscular organ located in the pelvic cavity of female mammals in which the fertilized egg implants and develops. Also called womb"" 

 From WordNet (via Dictionary.com): 

 :""Womb: hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus [syn: uterus]"" 

 From American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary (via Dictionary.com):  

 :""womb (wm) n. See uterus.""  

 From Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary: 

 :""Main Entry: womb Pronunciation: 'wüm Function: noun  UTERUS"" 

 Both the words ""womb"" and ""uterus"" are perfectly acceptable in this article.  The word ""womb"" has been in the article a long time (long before I ever edited this article).  It would be either POV or a mistake to completely remove and bar the word ""womb"" from this article, and from Wikipedia. "