Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cervix"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cervix \Cer"vix\, n.; pl. E. {Cervixes}, L. {Cervices}. [L.]
(Anat.)
The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the
womb. See Illust. of {Bird}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cervix
n 1: the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest
of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck" [syn: {neck}]
2: necklike opening to the uterus [syn: {uterine cervix}, {cervix
uteri}]
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