cervical

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cervical

/ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/ UK
/sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/ UK
/ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl, -aɪkəl

Where it comes from

Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, cervic- + -al.

adjective

not comparable, relational Of or pertaining to the neck. cervical pain
not comparable, relational Of or pertaining to the cervix. cervical cancer

noun cervicals

abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of cervical vertebra

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vertebral, neck, cervix, brain, uterine, womb, collar, col, pass, double-blind, loc, vertebrae, cervicobrachial, nuchal, cervicovaginal, necklike

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adj of the neck

Español	cervical
中文	頸的 /颈的 jǐng de
Português	cervical
Français	cervical
Русский	ше́йный šéjnyj, заты́лочный zatýločnyj
Tiếng Việt	(thuộc) cổ, cảnh

adj of the cervix

Español	cervical
中文	子宮頸的 /子宫颈的 zǐgōngjǐng de
Português	cervical
Français	cervical
Deutsch	zervikal
Italiano	cervicale
Русский	цервика́льный cervikálʹnyj

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Chicago

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@misc{cervical_2026,
  title = {cervical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cervical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}