cervix
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pl. cervices pl. cervixes [L. cervix, stem cervic-, nape, neck]
The neck or a part of an organ resembling a neck.
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(sĕr′viks)

(sĕr′vĭ-sēz″)
(sĕr″vī′sēz″)
pl. cervices pl. cervixes [L. cervix, stem cervic-, nape, neck]
The neck or a part of an organ resembling a neck.
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