cervix

See also: cérvix

English

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cervix

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪks/

Noun

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

1. (anatomy) The neck.
   • 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10:

     I put my hands on Madeleine's hot cheeks, making a prize cup of my hands and her cervix, and tilted her head to one side.

2. (anatomy) The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body.
3. (now specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
   • 2023 January 23, Anna Bawden, The Guardian:

     Screening involves taking a small sample of cells from the cervix and looking for high-risk HPV that could develop into cancer if left untreated.

Derived terms

• cervical
• cervicalgia
• cervicectomy
• cervicitis
• cervix uteri
• ectocervix
• endocervix
• exocervix
• neocervix
• paracervix
• retrocervix

Translations

neck — see neck

neck-like part — see neck

lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina

Arabic: عُنُق اَلرَّحِم (ar) m (ʕunuq ar-raḥim) Egyptian Arabic: عنق الرحم m (ʕunuq er-raḥem) Armenian: արգանդի վզիկ (argandi vzik) Bulgarian: шийка на матката f (šijka na matkata) Burmese: သားအိမ်ခေါင်း (sa:imhkaung:) Catalan: cèrvix (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 子宮頸 / 子宫颈 (zh) (zǐgōngjǐng) Czech: děložní čípek (cs) m Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: baarmoederhals (nl) f, cervix (nl) m Faroese: lívmóðurhálsur m Finnish: kohdunkaula (fi) French: col de l'utérus (fr) m German: Cervix uteri f, Cervix f, Zervix f, Gebärmutterhals (de) m Greek: τράχηλος (el) m (tráchilos) Hindi: ग्रीवा (hi) f (grīvā), गर्भाशयग्रीवा (garbhāśyagrīvā) Hungarian: méhnyak (hu) Ido: cervixo Indonesian: serviks Irish: ceirbheacs m Italian: cervice (it) f, collo dell'utero m Japanese: 子宮頸部 (ja) (しきゅうけいぶ, shikyū keibu) Khmer: កស្បូន (km) (kɑsboun), មាត់ស្បូន (mŏətsboun) Korean: 자궁경 (jagunggyeong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: stuyê malzarokê Latvian: dzemdes kakls m Lithuanian: gimdos kaklelis m Maori: waha kōpū Marathi: योनिमार्ग m (yonimārga), ग्रीवा (mr) f (grīvā) Mongolian: умайн хүзүү (umajn xüzüü) Norwegian: Bokmål: livmorhals m Nynorsk: livmorhals m Polish: szyjka macicy (pl) f Portuguese: cérvice f, cérvix (pt) f, colo do útero m Russian: ше́йка ма́тки (ru) f (šéjka mátki) Slovene: maternični vrat m Spanish: cérvix m Swedish: livmoderhals (sv) c Tagalog: liig-liigan Turkish: serviks (tr) Welsh: mwnwgl y groth m, serfics m Zazaki: serviks, guwan (diq) f

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cervīx, see below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɪks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cer‧vix

Noun

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

1. neck
2. the cervix between the uterus and the vagina

Synonyms

• (neck): nek, hals
• (uterus portion): baarmoederhals

Derived terms

• cervicaal