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Cervix

//ˈsɝ.vɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The neck.

    "I put my hands on Madeleine's hot cheeks, making a prize cup of my hands and her cervix, and tilted her head to one side."

  2. 2
    necklike opening to the uterus wordnet
  3. 3
    The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body.
  4. 4
    the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body wordnet
  5. 5
    The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. specifically

    "Screening involves taking a small sample of cells from the cervix and looking for high-risk HPV that could develop into cancer if left untreated."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below.

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