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blahedo on Oct 5, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: First womb-transplant baby born

In the US the word "womb" has a vaguely archaic or religious feel, but it seems to be much more current in UK English (and the link here is to the BBC). I've seen "womb" used regularly on UK sites. US-based news feeds (that I've seen) have indeed generally used the term "uterus transplant" about this story.

threedaymonk on Oct 6, 2014 [–]

I can confirm that 'womb' is a perfectly normal word here in the UK. It's no stranger than 'fortnight' or 'autumn'.

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