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- Word comparison: cervix vs. uterus
cervix vs. uterus
noun
Anatomy.
plural cervixes, cervices
- the neck, especially the back part.
- any necklike part, especially the constricted lower end of the uterus.
noun
Anatomy, Zoology.
plural uteri uteruses.
- the enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.