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cervices

/ˈsɝvɪˌsiːz/

cervices is the plural of cervix.

Meaning of cervix

Noun

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

  1. The 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
  2. The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body.
  3. (specifically) The 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

Phrases with cervices

Questions about cervices

What is cervices the plural of?
Cervices is the plural of cervix.
How do you pronounce cervices?
Cervices is pronounced /ˈsɝvɪˌsiːz/.

Words near cervices in the dictionary

  1. cervicalize
  2. cervicalized
  3. cervically
  4. cervicals
  5. cervicectomy
  6. cervices
  7. cervices uteri
  8. cervices uterorum
  9. cervici-
  10. cervicicardiac
  11. cervicide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cervices (page history and authors); cervix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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