| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cervix |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cer·vix |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sûr v ks |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. cer·vix·es or cer·vi·ces ( sûrv-s z , s r-v sz)
1. The neck. 2. A neck-shaped anatomical structure, such as the narrow outer end of the uterus. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin cervx, neck. See ker-1 in Appendix I.
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