单词 | cervical |
释义 | cervicaladj. Physiology. 1. a. Of or belonging to the cervix or neck. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1681 |
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