cervical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the neck or to the neck-like part of an organ

   The scan showed no damage to the cervical spine.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to the cervix of the uterus

   Routine screening can detect abnormal cervical cells early.

From Late Latin cervicalis ("of the neck"), from Latin cervix ("neck"), plus -al. The anatomical term applies both to the neck and to the cervix, whose name originally referred to a neck-like narrowing.

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