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The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body
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cervix
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Word definitions for cervix in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "ligament in the neck," from Latin cervix "the neck, nape of the neck," from PIE *kerw-o- , from root *ker- (1) (see horn (n.)). Applied to various neck-like structures of the body, especially that of the uterus (by 1702), where it is shortened ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The cervix in insects is a membrane that separates the head from the thorax and is composed of structures from both of these. A pair of lateral cervical sclerites are embedded in the cervix.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy English) The neck 2 The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. 3 The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagin
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck" [syn: neck ] necklike opening to the uterus [syn: uterine cervix , cervix uteri ] [also: cervices (pl)]
Usage examples of cervix.
Lusk mentions a case of pregnancy with fibrocystic tumor of the uterus occluding the cervix.
Deliberately Jarred arched his spine, probing the mouth of her cervix hard enough to make her writhe at the blend of pain and pleasure.
The cervix uteri, or neck of the womb, is supplied with but few nerves of sensation, and is almost as destitute of sensation as the finger or toe nails, the paring of which causes not the slightest pain.
Zap and you have cancer of the cervix, rotting ovaries, one of those female things, and it metastasizes overnight and you come apart, turning into a puddle of stinking fluids in the county hospital.
He injected her in several locations, explaining to her that he was giving her a para cervical block to anesthetize the cervix.
The doctor, who was way overworked, even admitted that had Florence been seen right away, and had a stitch put in her cervix, she would have kept the baby.
Through the rectal wall I gripped the uterine cervix, then I worked along the right horn.
But as I groped through the open cervix into the uterus I felt a growing astonishment.
She knew that to cannulate the fallopian tubes, the cervix had to be dilated, and dilating the cervix was excruciatingly painful.
The Pap test examines cells from the cervix, or the mouth of the womb, located at the top of the vagina.
It took her the better part of a day to flow ovaries, fallopian tubes, a uterus, cervix, and vulva and to rearrange her vagina.
She explained to both me and Jack that this first stage of labor involved the dilation of the cervix, the birth canal.
And the muscle fibers in the central canal of her cervix, which ought to be softening in anticipation of labor, are still tough.
In my case, about all the cutting that was planned was the removal and storage of the male genitalia, and their replacement with a vagina, cervix, uterus, and set of fallopian tubes and ovaries which were even then being messengered over from the organ bank, where they'd reposed since my last Change.
Furthermore, in view of the locking action of the male member in the cervix, we can imagine the danger of the male and female reproductive organs becoming cross-threaded during the heat of romance, resulting in the lovers being unable to separate themselves after completing the act.