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cervicitis |
cervicofacial actinomycosis |
cervid |
cervidae |
cervine |
cervix
| cervix uteri
| cervus
| cervus canadensis
| cervus elaphus
| cervus nipon
cervix
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cervix has 2 senses
- cervix(n = noun.body) neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck" is a part of body, organic structure, physical structure
- cervix(n = noun.body) cervix uteri, uterine cervix - necklike opening to the uterus; Array is a kind of opening, orifice, porta
is a kind of external body part
has parts: dewlap, thymus, thymus gland, arteria carotis, carotid artery, areteria cervicalis, cervical artery, jugular, jugular vein, vena jugularis, trachea, windpipe, nape, nucha, scruff, pharynx, throat, cervical vertebra, neck bone, musculus sternocleidomastoideus, sternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle
has particulars: bull neck
Derived form adjective cervical2
has particulars: incompetent cervix
is a part of uterus, womb
Derived form adjective cervical1
CIDE DICTIONARY
cervix, n. [L.].
The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cervix, n. (pl. cervices) Anat.
1 the neck.
2 any necklike structure, esp. the neck of the womb.
1 the neck.
2 any necklike structure, esp. the neck of the womb.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
cervix
abbreviation, advocate, alpenstock, ankle, arm, articulation, astriction, astringency, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bag, ballocks, balls, bandeau, basket, beard, bearer, bottleneck, boundary, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, breasts, butt, buttress, cane, carrier, circumscription, clinch, clitoris, closure, coarctation, cod, cods, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, corset, coupling, crook, crutch, cullions, curtailment, decrease, diminuendo, dovetail, elbow, embrace, family jewels, female organs, foundation garment, fulcrum, genitalia, genitals, girdle, gliding joint, gonads, guy, guywire, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hourglass, hourglass figure, interface, isthmus, jock, jockstrap, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knitting, knuckle, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, link, lips, mainstay, maintainer, male organs, mast, meat, miter, mortise, narrow place, narrowing, neck, nuts, nymphae, ovary, penis, phallus, pivot, pivot joint, private parts, privates, privy parts, prop, pubic hair, puckering, pudenda, pursing, rabbet, reduction, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, reproductive organs, rest, resting place, rigging, rocks, scarf, scrotum, seam, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, shortening, shoulder, shroud, solidification, spermary, spine, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, stitch, stranglement, strangulation, strengthener, striction, stricture, support, supporter, sustainer, suture, symphysis, systole, testes, testicles, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, upholder, uterus, vagina, vulva, walking stick, wasp waist, weld, womb, wrinkling, wrist, yoni
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