UTERINE CERVIX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterine cervix mean? 

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

1. necklike opening to the uterus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERINE CERVIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Necklike opening to the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cervix; cervix uteri; uterine cervix

Hypernyms ("uterine cervix" 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 "uterine cervix"):

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

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

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

 Context examples 

An infectious process affecting the uterine cervix.

(Infectious Cervicitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the uterine cervix.

(Infectious Cervicitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A condition in which the cells of the uterine cervix are slightly abnormal.

(Low Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Dictionary)

Cells of the uterine cervix that are moderately or severely abnormal and may become cancer.

(High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Dictionary)

Surgical removal of a cone-shaped portion of tissue from the uterine cervix.

(Conization, NCI Thesaurus)

Cervical cancer refers to cancer of the uterine cervix, which is the lower, narrow end (the “neck”) of the uterus.

(Cervical, NCI Dictionary)

Tumors or cancer of the uterine cervix.

(Cervical Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Similarly, treatment with vesicles reduced HIV infection in human lymph and uterine cervix and vaginal tissues.

(Vesicles released by bacteria may reduce the spread of HIV in human tissue, National Institutes of Health)