cervical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to the neck.
Of or pertaining to the cervix.

noun

Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/ /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cervical.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cervical2.wav /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cervical.wav

Word forms

cervical cervicals

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cervīx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis New Latin cervīcālislbor. French cervicalbor. English cervical Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, cervic- + -al.

Derived words

buccocervical cervical artery cervical canal cervical cancer cervical cap cervical collar cervical conization cervical enamel cervical ganglion cervically cervical nerve cervical plexus cervical smear cervical spine cervical vertebra cervico- costocervical craniocervical distocervical dorsocervical ectocervical endocervical exocervical extracervical faciocervical inferior cervical ganglion intracervical labiocervical laterocervical linguocervical midcervical middle cervical ganglion noncervical occipitocervical orocervical paracervical postcervical pubocervical retrocervical scending cervical artery spinocervical superior cervical ganglion supracervical syncervical thoracocervical thyrocervical transcervical transverse cervical artery trigeminocervical ureterocervical uterocervical vaginocervical vesicocervical

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