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单词 cervical
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cervicaladj.

Brit. /səˈvʌɪkl/, /ˈsəːvɪkl/, U.S. /ˈsərvɪkəl/
Etymology: < Latin type *cervīcālis (compare cervīcāl bolster), pertaining to the neck, < cervix, -īcis; compare French cervical.
Physiology.
1.
a. Of or belonging to the cervix or neck.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective]
yswerreda1400
halsedc1540
cragged1607
cervical1681
necked1841
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Cervical, belonging to the neck.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 106 They serve for the Passage of the cervical Veins.
1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 327 The mesenteric or cervical glands.
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 109 A horse's skull with its upper cervical vetebræ.
b. Used in regard to other structures: see cervix n. spec. of or pertaining to the cervix of the womb.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > neck-shaped
cervical1860
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > womb > parts of
deciduous1774
decidual1806
cervical1860
parametrial1903
paracervical1922
decidualized1943
1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy ii. 54 A plug of viscid cervical mucus.
1884 R. Barnes & F. Barnes Syst. Obstetr. Med. I. vii. 239 The cervical mucous membrane, lined by the connective tissue which sustains it, yields and slides on the muscular layer.
1923 in M. Box Trial M. Stopes (1967) 99 The small occlusive pessary for the cervix—the cervical cap.
1963 G. F. Kantorowicz et al. Inlays, Crowns & Bridges vii. 70 This stage will complete the cutting of a ‘cervical collar’ of sound tissue.
1966 New Statesman 11 Mar. 326/3 Cervical cancer—a disease that kills about 2,500 women a year in England and Wales alone.
1966 Lancet 24 Dec. 1423/1 There is a large variety of arrangements throughout Scotland for taking cervical smears.
1967 Guardian 17 May 4/5 The pill and the cervical coil gave women protection against..enforced pregnancy.
2. as n. = Cervical nerve, vertebra, etc.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > part situated in
cervical1767
1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 369 The phrenic nerve is derived from the cervicals.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 2 The cervicals are 7 in number.

Draft additions 1993

3.
cervical screening n. Gynaecology the screening of women for early symptoms of cervical cancer.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > screening > for specific disease
cervical screening1967
1967 Spectator 28 July 98/3 Cervical screening therefore remains limited in value.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. iv. 124/2 Cervical screening, by taking a smear from the cervical mucosa and looking for atypical cells suggestive of a malignancy, was introduced soon after the second world war.
cervical smear n. Gynaecology a smear of cells taken from the cervix of the womb, analysed for evidence of cervical cancer; cf. vaginal smear at smear n. 3b.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > materials tested
blood film1856
blood sample1873
blood1890
night-blood1894
smear1903
swab1903
phantom1922
cervical smear1944
1944 J. E. Ayre in Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 51 19/1 It is thought to be of advantage to take both smears, the vaginal and cervical.
1947 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 53 610 In the ordinary vaginal or cervical smear the profuse purulent and sanguineous discharge..frequently obscures the true..cornification level associated with malignant disease.
1966 Lancet 24 Dec. 1423/1 There is a large variety of arrangements throughout Scotland for taking cervical smears.
1986 Nursing Times 3 Dec. 34/1 She had had a cervical smear which showed a positive malignancy and had been referred urgently to the gynaecology department of a local hospital.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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