Meaning of CERVIX
| Pronunciation: | | 'surviks
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- [n] necklike opening to the uterus
- [n] the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"
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| | Synonyms: | | cervix uteri, neck, uterine cervix |
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| | See Also: | | areteria cervicalis, arteria carotis, body, bull neck, carotid artery, cervical artery, cervical vertebra, dewlap, external body part, incompetent cervix, jugular, jugular vein, musculus sternocleidomastoideus, nape, neck bone, nucha, opening, organic structure, orifice, pharynx, physical structure, porta, scruff, sternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle, throat, thymus, thymus gland, trachea, uterus, vena jugularis, windpipe, womb | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cer"vix\, n.; pl. E. {Cervixes}, L. {Cervices}. [L.]
(Anat.)
The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the
womb. See Illust. of {Bird}.
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| | Definition: | | Mouth of the uterus (womb). In the first stage of labor the cervix thins and opens to allow the baby to move into the vagina (birth canal). |
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| | Definition: | | The lower portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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