cervical
Americanadjective
adjective
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Relating to or involving the cervix of the uterus.
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Relating to or located in or near the neck.
Etymology
Origin of cervical
First recorded in 1675–85; from Latin cervīc-, stem of cervīx “neck” + -al 1
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Next, they exposed cultured human liver, cervical, breast, and lung cancer cells to the albumin and palladacycle complex for 48 hours.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Sales of Keytruda gained 6%, to $8.6 billion, due to uptake in earlier-stage indications such as triple-negative breast cancer and cervical cancer, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Hispanic women have a 40 percent higher incidence of cervical cancer and 20 percent higher death rate from it compared to non-Hispanic white women.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Dysport is a muscle relaxant that Ipsen markets for therapeutic indications such as a neck ailment called cervical dystonia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
By the 1940s, several studies —one of them conducted by Howard Jones, Henrietta’s physician—showed that radium was safer and more effective than surgery for treating invasive cervical cancer.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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