cervixn.
/ˈsəːvɪks/, U.S. /ˈsərˌvɪks/ Physiology.
The neck, esp. the back part of the neck. Hence applied to a similar part in various organs, as the neck of the womb (cervix uteri), of the bladder (cervix vesicæ), of the thigh-bone (cervix femoris), and of a tooth (cervix dentis, ‘the line of junction between the crown and the fang’).
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1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 278 The Cervix of the Os Femoris has a great many large Holes.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 387/1 The cervix of the bladder is of a compressed conical form.
1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy ii. 78.
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