different between cervix vs ectocervix

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cerv?x (“neck”), see below.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??.v?ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.v?ks/

Noun

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

1. (anatomy) The neck
2. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
3. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Derived terms

• cervical
• paracervix

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cerv?x, see below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.v?ks/
• Hyphenation: cer?vix

Noun

cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)

1. neck
2. The cervix between the uterus and the vagina.

Synonyms

• (neck): nek, hals
• (uterus portion): baarmoederhals

Derived terms

• cervicaal

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“the head”) (compare cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to curve, bend”) (compare vinci?), literally “where the head turns”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ker.u?i?ks/, [?k?ru?i?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??er.viks/, [?t???rviks]

Noun

cerv?x f (genitive cerv?cis); third declension

1. (anatomy, zootomy) neck, nape

   Synonym: collum

2. (figuratively)
   1. great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke)
   2. boldness, headstrong behavior
3. (transferred sense) (of an object) neck

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cervix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cervix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Romanian

Etymology

From French cérvix

Noun

cervix n (uncountable)

1. cervix

Declension

English

Etymology

ecto- +? cervix

Noun

ectocervix (plural ectocervixes or ectocervices)

1. (anatomy) The part of the cervix that extends into the vagina

Coordinate terms

• exocervix
• endocervix