cervix

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[edit] English

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From Latin cervīx (neck), cfr. infra.

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Singular
cervix

Plural
cervixes or cervices

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

  1. (anatomy) The neck
  2. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
  3. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

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From Latin cervīx, cfr. infra.

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  • IPA: /ˈsɛr.vɪks/

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cervix m. (plural cervices or cervixen, diminutive cervixje)

  1. (anatomy) The neck, cervix
  2. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

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Presumably from cerebrum 'head' + cingere 'to bind, join'

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cervīx (genitive cervīcis); f, third declension

  1. The neck of a person or animal
  2. (by extension) The neck of an objects (e.g. bottle)
  3. (figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior

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Number Singular Plural
nominative cervīx cervīcēs
genitive cervīcis cervīcum
dative cervīcī cervīcibus
accusative cervīcem cervīcēs
ablative cervīce cervīcibus
vocative cervīx cervīcēs

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  • cervix” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)