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- Word comparison: cervix vs. uterus
cervix vs. uterus
noun
Anatomy.
plural
cervixes, cervicesthe neck, especially the back part.
any necklike part, especially the constricted lower end of the uterus.
noun
Anatomy, Zoology.
plural
uteri, uterusesthe enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.