cervical

[ sur-vi-kuh l ]

/ ˈsɜr vɪ kəl /

adjective Anatomy.

of or relating to the cervix or neck.

Nearby words

Origin of cervical

1675–85; < Latin cervīc- (stem of cervīx) neck + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for cervical

Much of this increase is due to human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that is also strongly linked to cervical cancer.
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While being choked during her attack, Sclove explained, her cervical spine sustained injury, which took several weeks to develop.
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Cervical cancer has a very high survival, because most women now get regularly checked for it, so it's caught early.
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The rates of cervical cancer among all Jewish women have been consistent across time.
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Low rates of cervical cancer are about genetics—they have nothing to do with menstruation.
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The sting must therefore aim at the cervical ganglia, the seat of innervation on which the rest of the organism depends.
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He divides the vertebral columns into cervical, dorsal, and lumbar portions.
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The cervical rib (fig. 41, 9) articulates with two little irregularities on the odontoid process.
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Bodies of the anterior five or six cervical vertebrae united.
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We shall recall the connections to which we have just made allusion when describing the cervical region.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals|douard Cuyer

British Dictionary definitions for cervical

cervical

/ (ˈsɜːvɪkəl, səˈvaɪ-) /

adjective

of or relating to the neck or cervix

Word Origin for cervical

C17: from New Latin cervīcālis, from Latin cervīx neck

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Word Origin and History for cervical

cervical

adj.

1680s, "of the neck," from French cervical, from Latin cervix (see cervix). Meaning "of the neck of the womb" attested by 1860. Related: Cervically.

Medicine definitions for cervical

cervical

[ sûr′vĭ-kəl ]

adj.

Relating to a neck or a cervix.

Science definitions for cervical

cervical

[ sûr′vĭ-kəl ]

Relating to or involving the cervix of the uterus.

Relating to or located in or near the neck.