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Cervix   /sˈərvɪks/   Listen
Cervix

noun
(pl. E. cervixes, L. cervices)
1.
The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body.  Synonym: neck.  "The horse won by a neck"
2.
Necklike opening to the uterus.  Synonyms: cervix uteri, uterine cervix.



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"Cervix" Quotes from Famous Books



... ulceration of the uterus, stricture of the cervix, congestion or other diseases of the ovaries, such as cysts, abscesses, etc., inflammation of the Fallopian tubes, characterized with more or less periodical discomfort and attacks of leucorrhea, or "whites," ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce

... in the breast at this time. The patient first discovered her peculiar condition by a stain of blood upon the night-gown on awakening in the morning, and this she traced to the breast. From an examination it appeared that a neglected lacerated cervix during the birth of the last child had given rise to endometritis, and for a year the patient had suffered from severe menorrhagia, for which she was subsequently treated. At this time the menses became scanty, and then supervened the discharge of bloody fluid from the left breast, ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... who suffer from womb troubles such as leucorrhea, torn cervix, falling womb displacements and diseases of the inner womb, ovaries and tubes, suffer from all kinds of headache. The pain may be in the nape of the neck, the back part of the head and on the top behind (occiput). It may come on suddenly ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter



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