cervix

Noun
Synonyms: neckuterine cervixcervix uteri

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  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”Synonyms: neck
  2. necklike opening to the uterusSynonyms: uterine cervixcervix uteri
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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