cervix

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noun

1. the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
- he admired her long graceful neck
- the horse won by a neck
• Syn:
neck
• Derivationally related forms:
cervical
• Hypernyms:
external body part
• Hyponyms:
bull neck
• Part Holonyms:
body, organic structure, physical structure
• Part Meronyms:
dewlap, thymus gland, thymus, carotid artery, arteria carotis,
cervical artery, areteria cervicalis, jugular vein, vena jugularis, jugular, trachea,
windpipe, nape, scruff, nucha, throat, pharynx,
cervical vertebra, neck bone, sternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle, sternocleido mastoideus, musculus sternocleidomastoideus
2. necklike opening to the uterus
• Syn:
uterine cervix, cervix uteri
• Derivationally related forms:
cervical
• Hypernyms:
orifice, opening, porta
• Hyponyms:
incompetent cervix
• Part Holonyms:
uterus, womb