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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body;
- Example: "he admired her long graceful neck"
- Example: "the horse won by a neck"
[syn: neck, cervix]

2. necklike opening to the uterus;
[syn: cervix, uterine cervix, cervix uteri]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cervix \Cer"vix\, n.; pl. E. Cervixes, L. Cervices. [L.]
   (Anat.)
   The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the
   womb. See Illust. of Bird.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cervix
    n 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, cervix]
    2: necklike opening to the uterus [syn: cervix, uterine
       cervix, cervix uteri]