cervical
/ˈsəːvɪk(ə)l
/ /səːˈvʌɪk(ə)l /adjective
1Relating to the narrow neck-like passage forming the lower end of the womb: cervical cancer...
- Women who smoke are twice as likely as those who do not to develop cervical cancer.
- It's believed that some forms of HPV put women at greater risk for cervical cancer.
- This change in the cells of the cervix often occurs from cervical cap or diaphragm use or from infection.
2Relating to the neck: the fifth cervical vertebra...
- Effective speech depends also on the motor neurons in the cervical and thoracic parts of the spinal cord that serve the muscles of breathing.
- The cervical region of the spinal cord was dissected out after laminectomy.
- Most children requiring hospital admission for trauma are considered at risk of injury of the cervical spinal cord.
Origin
Late 17th century: from French, or from modern Latin cervicalis, from Latin cervix, cervic- 'neck'.
Rhymes
- non-inflected
- non-information
- non-inherent
- non-injurious
- non-instruction
- non-insulin-dependent
- noninteger
- non-integral
- non-intelligence
- non-intelligent
- non-intercourse
- non-interference
- non-interferer
- non-interfering
- non-interlaced
- non-intervene
- non-intervener
- non-intervening
- non-intervention
- non-interventionalist
- non-interventionism
- non-interventionist
- non-intrusion
- non-intrusionist
- non-invasive