CERVIX UTERI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cervix uteri mean? 

• CERVIX UTERI (noun)
  The noun CERVIX UTERI has 1 sense:

1. necklike opening to the uterus

  Familiarity information: CERVIX UTERI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERVIX UTERI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Necklike opening to the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cervix; cervix uteri; uterine cervix

Hypernyms ("cervix uteri" is a kind of...):

opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cervix uteri"):

incompetent cervix ((obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth)

Holonyms ("cervix uteri" is a part of...):

uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)

 Context examples 

Administration within the canal of the cervix uteri.

(Endocervical Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

Administration of the drug within the canal of the cervix uteri.

(Endocervical Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The mucous lining of the canal of the cervix uteri.

(Endocervical Mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the cervix uteri.

(Cervicitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)