metr(o)-1
The uterus.
Greek mētra, womb.
Metritis is inflammation of the womb; metrorrhagia (Greek ‑rrhag‑, stem of rhēgnunai, to burst) is abnormal bleeding from the womb; metroplasty (Greek plastos, formed, moulded) is reconstructive surgery on the uterus.
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