cervix

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɜː.vɪks/    美 /ˈsɝ.vɪks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The neck.
    — 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. The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body.
  3. The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. specifically
    — 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.

词形变化

cervixes plural cervices plural

词汇关系

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

词源

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