venter

venter (ven-t[schwa]r), n. [Latin “womb”]

1. The womb of a wife or mother.

2. One of two or more women who are sources of the same man’s offspring.

“venter… is a term nowadays considered objectionable, as it refers to the woman merely as the possessor of a birth canal.” Bryan A. Garner, A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 910 (2d ed. 1995).

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