A Topical Dictionary: Search for cervix

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See cérvix

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).vɪks/,

Noun

The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Derived terms

cervical

Translations

Dutch: {{t-|nl|cervix|m}}, {{t+|nl|nek|m}}

Dutch: {{t-|nl|cervix|m}}
Finnish: kohdunkaula

: cervice

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: lang=nl

Noun

#English|cervix

fr:cervix io:cervix id:cervix it:cervix ku:cervix hu:cervix ta:cervix vi:cervix tr:cervix zh:cervix

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Cervix \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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet cervix
n 1: the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest
of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck" [syn: neck]
2: necklike opening to the uterus [syn: uterine cervix, {cervix
uteri}]
[also: cervices (pl)]

Moby Dictionary
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