Cervix

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The neck.
  • n. A neck-shaped anatomical structure, such as the narrow outer end of the uterus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The neck
  • n. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
  • n. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of bird.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology and anatomy:
  • n. The neck; the constricted part of the body between the head and the chest.
  • n. The back of the neck; the scruff of the neck, regarded either as to its surface or its deep parts.
  • n. That part of a rib which is situated between its head and shoulder; the neck of a rib, between the capitellum and the tuberculum.
  • n. In entomology, the upper part of the occiput or back of the head, over the occipital foramen, and adjoining the vertex.
  • n. Part of an organ likened to a neck: as, the cervix of the womb or bladder.
  • n. In botany, a rhizome or rootstock.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. necklike opening to the uterus
  • n. the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
  • Variant
    cervices    bird   
    Form
    cervical   
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