cervix
the neck, especially the back part.
any necklike part, especially the constricted lower end of the uterus.
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Origin of cervix
1Other words from cervix
- cer·vi·cal [sur-vi-kuhl], /ˈsɜr vɪ kəl/, adjective
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How to use cervix in a sentence
In creatures like humans and cattle, sperm make their way to the ovum by swimming against a current of mucus that streams through the cervix and away from the uterus.
Cooperative sperm outrun loners in the mating race | James R. Riordon | October 11, 2022 | Science NewsFive years later, that cervix became diseased and had to be removed in yet another eight-hour surgery under general anesthesia.
I Learned the Hard Way Just How Barbaric American Health Care Is | Deborah Copaken | August 5, 2022 | The Daily BeastMifepristone blocks hormones necessary for a pregnancy to continue, while misoprostol causes the cervix to soften and the uterus to contract and empty itself.
Abortion bans are impeding access to ulcer, arthritis, and cancer medications | Kate Baggaley | August 1, 2022 | Popular-ScienceConrad was at the ob-gyn to check to see if, as the Maryland resident likes to put it, “My cervix is trying to kill me.”
Coming Out Kinky to Your Doctor, in Black and Blue | Heather Boerner | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe had to remove part of her cervix because her strain of HPV proved to be one of the more serious ones.
[Y]ou will know you have it right when you crush down on the clamp and see white gelatinous material coming through the cervix.
On Abortion, Wendy Davis Doesn’t Know What She’s Talking About | Kirsten Powers | August 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHPV led to early cervical cancer and the subsequent removal of nearly half her cervix.
Condom Initiative by Anti-AIDS Group Threatens Porn Industry | Lizzie Crocker | January 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe described how her own pregnancy had gone wrong at 17 weeks, when the fetus moved into her cervix.
Congresswomen Electrify Planned Parenthood Abortion Debate | Michelle Goldberg | February 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTOn my urgent representations she allowed me to remove the cervix.
If there be any suspicion in this direction he should remove the cervix.
Should the condition of the cervix be in the least degree suspicious of cancer it must be extirpated.
In another case under my care I performed total hysterectomy for fibroids in ignorance that the patient had cancer of the cervix.
Six years later she came under my observation with a large granulating and bleeding growth on the cervix uteri.
British Dictionary definitions for cervix
/ (ˈsɜːvɪks) /
the technical name for neck
any necklike part of an organ, esp the lower part of the uterus that extends into the vagina
Origin of cervix
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for cervix
[ sûr′vĭks ]
A neck-shaped anatomical structure, especially the narrowed, lower end of the uterus that extends into the vagina.
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Cultural definitions for cervix
[ (sur-viks) ]
The narrow outer end of the uterus. A portion of the cervix extends into the vagina. (See reproductive systems.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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