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Definition of Bicornuate
1. Adjective. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts. "A bicornuate uterus"
Definition of Bicornuate
1. Adjective. (medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bicornuate
1. Having two horns or horn-shaped branches. The uterus (normally unicornuate) can sometimes be bicornuate (with two branches, e.g., one at about 10:30 and the other at about 1:30). (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bicornuate
Literary usage of Bicornuate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society by Edinburgh Obstetrical Society (1906)
"... bicornuate UTERUS. By W. FORDYCE, MA, MD, FRCPE, Assistant Gynaecologist,
Leith Hospital. THE following case of pregnancy in a malformed uterus is, ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1903)
"Although spontaneous rupture of a bicornuate uterus during pregnancy and labour
is known to occur, the accident is so very rare that it seems advisable to ..."
3. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"207 (205, 206) Ceca undeveloped, excretory bladder bicornuate. 208 Cort regards
these forms as a natural group characterized by development in elongate sac- ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"REPORTS OF CASES AND DEMONSTRATION OF SPECIMENS DR. J. CLARENCE WEBSTER: i.
Pregnancy in the right horn of a bicornuate uterus, together with a single large ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1906)
"Dr. FORDYCE read a paper on " Pregnancy in a bicornuate Uterus, ... The case was
one of bicornuate uterus: a polypus occupied one horn, an ovum the other. ..."
6. Outlines of Zoology by John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin (1906)
"The uterus is bicornuate : the placenta diffuse and ... The digits bear nails
suited for digging. The uterus is bicornuate, the placenta broadly ..."
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