Meanings
nouncervix (plural cervixes or cervices)
plural cervixes · plural cervices
- anatomyThe 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.
1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10 - specificallyThe cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
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.
2023 January 23, Anna Bawden, The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
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Broader
external body part
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincervīx“neck”
- Englishcervix
Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans serviks
- servikslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Arabic عُنُق اَلرَّحِم
- عُنُق اَلرَّحِم (ʕunuq ar-raḥim)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Bulgarian шийка на матката
- шийка на матката (šijka na matkata)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Catalan cèrvix
- cèrvixlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Chinese Mandarin 子宮頸 /子宫颈
- 子宮頸 /子宫颈 (zǐgōngjǐng)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Czech děložní čípek
- děložní čípeklower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Dutch baarmoederhals, cervix
- baarmoederhalslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- cervixlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Finnish kohdunkaula
- kohdunkaulalower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
French col de l'utérus
- col de l'utéruslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
German Cervix uteri, Cervix
- Cervix uterilower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- Cervixlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- Zervixlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- Gebärmutterhalslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Greek τράχηλος
- τράχηλος (tráchilos)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Hindi ग्रीवा, गर्भाशयग्रीवा
- ग्रीवा (grīvā)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- गर्भाशयग्रीवा (garbhāśyagrīvā)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Hungarian méhnyak
- méhnyaklower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Indonesian serviks
- servikslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Irish ceirbheacs
- ceirbheacslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Italian cervice, collo dell'utero
- cervicelower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- collo dell'uterolower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Japanese 子宮頸部
- 子宮頸部 (shikyū keibu)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Korean 자궁경
- 자궁경 (jagunggyeong)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Latvian dzemdes kakls
- dzemdes kaklslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Lithuanian gimdos kaklelis
- gimdos kaklelislower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Māori wahakōpū
- wahakōpūlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Norwegian Bokmål livmorhals
- livmorhalslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Polish szyjka macicy
- szyjka macicylower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Portuguese cérvice, cérvix
- cérvicelower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- cérvixlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- colo do úterolower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Russian ше́йка ма́тки
- ше́йка ма́тки (šéjka mátki)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Spanish cérvix
- cérvixlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Swahili seviksi
- seviksilower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Swedish livmoderhals
- livmoderhalslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Tagalog liig-liigan
- liig-liiganlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Tamil கருப்பை வாய்
- கருப்பை வாய் (karuppai vāy)lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Turkish serviks
- servikslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Welsh mwnwgl y groth, serfics
- mwnwgl y grothlower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
- serficslower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
Cite this entry
APA
cervix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cervix
MLA
“cervix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cervix. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cervix,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cervix.
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