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
- pantography
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- pantomorphic
- pantonal
- pantonalism
- pantonality