Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The neck.
- n. A neck-shaped anatomical structure, such as the narrow outer end of the uterus.
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.
Wiktionary
- 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See
Illust. of bird.
WordNet 3.0
- 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
Etymologies
- Latin cervīx, neck; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“He found novel HPV-DNA in cervix cancer biopsies, and thus discovered the new, tumourigenic HPV16 type in 1983.”
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“A day or more before the surgery, a woman's cervix is dilated.”
“And a lot of women I've been with had really sensitive cervixes, so deep penetration, something banging away at the cervix, is gonna be a little painful.”
“Stretch n 'Sweep - basically you get fisted by your caregiver which tricks your body into thinking your cervix is dilating.”
“The part of the womb known as the cervix is the most frequently affected.”
“Factors that might cause future results to differ include, but are not limited to, the following: the successful marketing of CRINONE® 8% (progesterone gel) and STRIANT® (testosterone buccal system) in the U.S.; the successful marketing of CRINONE® 8% by Merck Serono; the timely and successful development of PROCHIEVE® 8% to reduce the risk of preterm birth in women with a short cervix in mid-pregnancy; the timely and successful completion of the ongoing Phase III PREGNANT (PROCHIEVE® Extending GestatioN A New Therapy) Study of PROCHIEVE® 8% in short cervix patients; success in obtaining acceptance and approval of the short cervix indication for PROCHIEVE 8% by the U.S.”
“That’s amazing that a vaccine for one particular form of illness that involves a womans cervix, is interpreted as a license to have more sex, Ok whatever, I won’t explain the difference, cuz I am all for any reason to have more sex.”
“The cervix is the narrow, cylinder-shaped base of the uterus, and is usually 3-5 centimeters long.”
“And that the heterosexual male's fixation on deep penetration is linked to that -- because they couldn't experience the intense sensation of that little patch of velvety skin slipping back and forth over the equivalent of our clit with any kind of motion at all, they had to find another way to get sensation, and banging against a cervix was a substitute.”
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