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‖ cervix Phys.|ˈsɜːvɪks|
[L.]
The neck, esp. the back part of the neck. Hence applied to a similar part in various organs, as the neck of the womb (cervix uteri), of the bladder (cervix vesicæ), of the thigh-bone (cervix femoris), and of a tooth (cervix dentis, ‘the line of junction between the crown and the fang’).
1741Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 278 The Cervix of the Os Femoris has a great many large Holes. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 387/1 The cervix of the bladder is of a compressed conical form. 1860Tanner Pregnancy ii. 78. |