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Definition of Bicornuous
1. Adjective. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts. "A bicornuate uterus"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bicornuous
Literary usage of Bicornuous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"The genital tract in this animal is bicornuous in its uterine segment, uncl has
the peculiar ... We are justified in ascribing the bicornuous condition to a ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1893)
"This I also removed, and on examining further into the pelvis, I found that the
uterus, as in the preceding case, was bicornuous ; that while the left horn ..."
3. Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society by Edinburgh Obstetrical Society (1902)
"... abnormal conditions of the uterus, such as the bicornuous uterus, ... such as
a bicornuous state, the presence of a fibroid, or any such condition. ..."
4. The British Gynaecological Journal by British Gynaecological Society (1901)
"Congenital Atresia of Cervix, bicornuous Uterus; Pyometra. In 189o, a single
woman, aged 26, came to me with a long history of scanty and painful ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"4, 1886), records here a remarkable case where he amputated a bicornuous uterus
for retention of the placenta in the pregnant horn and septic infection. ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"... only one half of the uterus develops, and of the bicornuous uterus, where it
retains the traces of its original duplicity. In some of these cases the ..."
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