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endometrial
(redirected from Endometrial biopsy)

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en·do·me·tri·um  (nd-mtr-m)
n. pl. en·do·me·tri·a (-tr-)
The glandular mucous membrane that lines the uterus.

[New Latin endomtrium : endo- + Greek mtra, uterus; see metro-.]

endo·metri·al adj.
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Adj.1.endometrial - of or relating to the endometrium


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