"cervix" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɜː.vɪks/ [UK], /ˈsɝ.vɪks/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cervix.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cervixes [plural], cervices [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cervīx||neck}} Latin cervīx (“neck”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|cervices}} cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)
  1. (anatomy) The neck. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-cervix-en-noun-2b1gTwE6 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy) The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-cervix-en-noun-9tFgt-OT Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (now specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. Tags: specifically Translations (lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina): عُنُق اَلرَّحِم (ʕunuq ar-raḥim) [masculine] (Arabic), عنق الرحم (ʕunuq er-raḥem) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), արգանդի վզիկ (argandi vzik) (Armenian), шийка на матката (šijka na matkata) [feminine] (Bulgarian), သားအိမ်ခေါင်း (sa:imhkaung:) (Burmese), cèrvix [feminine] (Catalan), 子宮頸 (Chinese Mandarin), 子宫颈 (zǐgōngjǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), děložní čípek [masculine] (Czech), baarmoederhals [feminine] (Dutch), cervix [masculine] (Dutch), lívmóðurhálsur [masculine] (Faroese), kohdunkaula (Finnish), col de l’utérus [masculine] (French), Cervix uteri [feminine] (German), Cervix [feminine] (German), Zervix [feminine] (German), Gebärmutterhals [masculine] (German), τράχηλος (tráchilos) [masculine] (Greek), ग्रीवा (grīvā) [feminine] (Hindi), गर्भाशयग्रीवा (garbhāśyagrīvā) (Hindi), méhnyak (Hungarian), cervixo (Ido), ceirbheacs [masculine] (Irish), cervice [feminine] (Italian), collo dell'utero [masculine] (Italian), 子宮頸部 (shikyū keibu) (alt: しきゅうけいぶ) (Japanese), កស្បូន (kɑɑkɑsboun) (Khmer), មាត់ស្បូន (mŏətsboun) (Khmer), 자궁경 (jagunggyeong) (Korean), dzemdes kakls [masculine] (Latvian), gimdos kaklelis [masculine] (Lithuanian), waha kōpū (Maori), योनिमार्ग (yonimārga) [masculine] (Marathi), ग्रीवा (grīvā) [feminine] (Marathi), умайн хүзүү (umajn xüzüü) (Mongolian), stuyê malzarokê (Northern Kurdish), livmorhals [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), livmorhals [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szyjka macicy [feminine] (Polish), cérvice [feminine] (Portuguese), cérvix [feminine] (Portuguese), ше́йка ма́тки (šéjka mátki) [feminine] (Russian), maternični vrat [masculine] (Slovene), cérvix [masculine] (Spanish), livmoderhals [common-gender] (Swedish), liig-liigan (Tagalog), serviks (Turkish), mwnwgl y groth [masculine] (Welsh), serfics [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cervix-en-noun-mm~sHq~s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 20 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of 'lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina': 3 15 83
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tráchilos",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "τράχηλος"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "grīvā",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ग्रीवा"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "garbhāśyagrīvā",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "गर्भाशयग्रीवा"
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          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "méhnyak"
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        {
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "cervixo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ceirbheacs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cervice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "collo dell'utero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "alt": "しきゅうけいぶ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shikyū keibu",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "子宮頸部"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kɑɑkɑsboun",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "កស្បូន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mŏətsboun",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "មាត់ស្បូន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jagunggyeong",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "자궁경"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "stuyê malzarokê"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dzemdes kakls"
        },
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gimdos kaklelis"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "waha kōpū"
        },
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          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "yonimārga",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "योनिमार्ग"
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          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "grīvā",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ग्रीवा"
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          "_dis1": "3 15 83",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "umajn xüzüü",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "умайн хүзүү"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "livmorhals"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "szyjka macicy"
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          "word": "cérvice"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šéjka mátki",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ше́йка ма́тки"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maternični vrat"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
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          "word": "cérvix"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
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          "word": "livmoderhals"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "liig-liigan"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
          "word": "serviks"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
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          "word": "mwnwgl y groth"
        },
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          "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɝ.vɪks/",
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      ]
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}
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "cervical"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervicalgia"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervicectomy"
    },
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      "word": "cervicitis"
    },
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      "word": "cervix uteri"
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      "word": "ectocervix"
    },
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      "word": "endocervix"
    },
    {
      "word": "exocervix"
    },
    {
      "word": "neocervix"
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        }
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɜː.vɪks/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɝ.vɪks/",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʕunuq ar-raḥim",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "ʕunuq er-raḥem",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عنق الرحم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "argandi vzik",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "արգանդի վզիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šijka na matkata",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шийка на матката"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa:imhkaung:",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "သားအိမ်ခေါင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cèrvix"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "子宮頸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǐgōngjǐng",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "子宫颈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "děložní čípek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baarmoederhals"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cervix"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lívmóðurhálsur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "kohdunkaula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "col de l’utérus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cervix uteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cervix"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zervix"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gebärmutterhals"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tráchilos",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τράχηλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "grīvā",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ग्रीवा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "garbhāśyagrīvā",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "गर्भाशयग्रीवा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "méhnyak"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "cervixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceirbheacs"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cervice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "collo dell'utero"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しきゅうけいぶ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shikyū keibu",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "子宮頸部"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑɑkɑsboun",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "កស្បូន"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mŏətsboun",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "មាត់ស្បូន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jagunggyeong",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "자궁경"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "stuyê malzarokê"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzemdes kakls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gimdos kaklelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "waha kōpū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "yonimārga",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "योनिमार्ग"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "grīvā",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ग्रीवा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "umajn xüzüü",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "умайн хүзүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "livmorhals"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "livmorhals"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szyjka macicy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cérvice"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cérvix"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šéjka mátki",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ше́йка ма́тки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maternični vrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cérvix"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "livmoderhals"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "liig-liigan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "word": "serviks"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mwnwgl y groth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serfics"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cervix"
  ],
  "word": "cervix"
}

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