Cervical Definition

sûrvĭ-kəl
adjective
Of or relating to the uterine cervix.
American Heritage
Of the neck or a cervix.
Webster's New World

(anatomy) Of the cervix.

Wiktionary
noun
A cervical vertebra.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cervical

Noun

Singular:
cervical
Plural:
cervicals

Origin of Cervical

  • From Latin cervix, "the neck, nape of the neck".

    From Wiktionary

Cervical Sentence Examples

  • Thirteen to fifteen cervical vertebrae.

  • Ardeae.-Piscivorous, nidicolous, waders; with complicated hypotarsus and with long cervical apteria.

  • It may be added that in the Oreodontidae the vertebral artery pierces the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae in the normal manner.

  • The cervical and thoracic vertebrae seem to be biconcave; the cervical ribs are much reduced and were apparently still movable; the thoracic ribs are devoid of uncinate processes.

  • The commonest seat is the groin, and next to that the axilla; the cervical, submaxillary and femoral glands are less frequently affected.

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Words Starting With

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