Definition of Ametria

1. Noun. Congenital absence of the uterus.


Medical Definition of Ametria

1. The congenital absence of the uterus. (05 Feb 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ametria

amesite
amess
amesses
ametabola
ametabolian
ametabolic
ametabolous
amethocaine
amethodist
amethodists
amethopterin
amethyst
amethystine
amethystine python
amethysts
ametrine
ametrines
ametriodinic acid
ametropia
ametropias
ametropic
amfebutamone
amfecloral
amfenac
amfepentorex
amfepramone
amfetamine
amfetamines
amfonelic acid

Literary usage of Ametria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"... ametria, Intemperance. Also, absence of the uterus; from a, privative, eud pvpa, 'the uterus. ..."

2. Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession by Henry Ebenezer Handerson, Johann Hermann Baas (1889)
"... is an "ametria" in the mposition of the parts. He did not find its causes in the elementary qualities, nor i be allow that the ..."

3. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"If the par- ametria were not too much involved and the condition of the patient's kidneys, heart and blood-vessels warranted a prolonged and depressing ..."

4. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"1. An idiot. 2. A catkin. Amentia, ah-men''-she-ah. The condition of defective intellect. ametria, ah-me'-tre-ah. Congenital absence of the womb. ..."

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