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Record 1 2025-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Freud felt that when girls discovered they lacked a penis, they would fear and envy those possessing one (men), accepting their inferior status because of this deficiency. An alternative interpretation might propose that men envy women their ability to create and nurture life within their bodies; therefore men both fear and envy women, and see themselves as inferior to women as a result (see womb envy).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

[...] des hommes éprouvent l'envie de la matrice, c'est-à-dire le désir de porter et d'allaiter des enfants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
DEF

Envidia que siente el hombre de la capacidad reproductiva de la mujer.

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Record 2 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
  • Ethics and Morals
CONT

In some cases ... what the surrogate mother receives into her body, is an embryo, which would be the result of the creation in the laboratory through genetic material contributed by a married couple. This has come to be known as "womb-leasing", because the surrogate mother merely allows her womb to be used for carrying further the reproductive process.

Key term(s)
  • womb leasing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
  • Éthique et Morale
DEF

Acte par lequel une femme permet l'implantation dans son utérus, de l'embryon d'un couple.

OBS

Le prêt d'utérus est actuellement le seul espoir d'avoir un enfant issu de leurs gamètes pour les femmes qui n'ont plus d'utérus fonctionnel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reproducción (Medicina)
  • Ética y Moral
DEF

Acto de alquilar con contrato el útero de una mujer a la cual se le transfieren embriones que genéticamente pertenecen a otra pareja.

CONT

[...] El contrato de alquiler de vientres al igual que cualquier otra relación contractual es una elección y acción de la persona. [...] Además, la conformación de una familia a través de lazos sanguíneos es vista como preferible a la adopción, por lo cual se acepta el contrato de alquiler y las técnicas reproductivas basándonos en argumentos de doble jerarquía cualitativa [...]. El contrato de alquiler de útero que incorpora a la mujer al ámbito laboral establece normas comerciales e intercambio de bienes.

CONT

En la Plata una mujer le alquiló el útero a su cuñada. [...] En nuestra ciudad se dio un caso de alquiler de útero, pero con la salvedad de que no hubo contrato escrito de por medio -un requisito en los países donde se lleva a cabo-, porque la madre sustituta era familiar de la mujer que no podía tener hijos.

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Record 3 2020-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Genitals
Universal entry(ies)
cervix uteri
Latin
A09.1.03.010
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The lower part of the uterus extending from the isthmus of the uterus into the vagina.

OBS

cervix of uterus; uterine cervix: designations derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.1.03.010: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Organes génitaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
cervix uteri
Latin
A09.1.03.010
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Segment inférieur de l'utérus relié au corps par l'isthme.

OBS

col de l'utérus; col utérin : désignations dérivées de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.1.03.010 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Órganos genitales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
cervix uteri
Latin
A09.1.03.010
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Parte inferior y más estrecha del útero, que está unida a la vagina.

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Record 4 2020-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Genitals
Universal entry(ies)
uterus
Latin
A09.1.03.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A muscular organ of the female mammal for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development prior to birth.

OBS

uterus: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.1.03.001: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Organes génitaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
uterus
Latin
A09.1.03.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Organe situé dans la cavité pelvienne, entre la vessie et le rectum et au-dessus du vagin, destiné à contenir l'œuf fécondé jusqu'à son complet développement.

OBS

utérus : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.1.03.001 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Órganos genitales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
uterus
Latin
A09.1.03.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Órgano femenino hueco situado en el pelvis, entre la vejiga urinaria y el recto, donde el feto se desarrolla hasta el parto.

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Record 5 2015-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

A descriptive phrase used to indicate an unborn child.

CONT

... there is no reason, in the Common Law any more than in the Civil, for not deeming the unborn plaintiff to be entitled on birth to compensation for injury caused while en ventre sa mère.

OBS

while en ventre sa mère: refers to in his mother's womb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

A writ to inspect the body, where a woman feigns to be pregnant, to see whether she is with child. It lies for the heir presumptive to examine a widow suspected to be feigning pregnancy in order to enable a supposititious heir to obtain the estate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit de la preuve
DEF

Procédure introduite en cour par un bref visant à faire constater la grossesse d'une personne qui se déclare porteuse d'un enfant.

Spanish

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