Get to know Cervix better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like neck or orifice.
Cervix meaning
- The neck.
- The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body.
- The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
Using Cervix
- The main meaning on this page is: The neck. | The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body. | The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
- Useful related words include: neck, external body part, uterine cervix, cervix uteri.
- In the example corpus, cervix often appears in combinations such as: the cervix, cervix and, cervix is.
Context around Cervix
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cervix
- In this selection, "cervix" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ovaries, similar, known and miscarriage stand out and add context to how "cervix" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the cervix is cleaned and centimetres of cervix reverses all. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cervix" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cervix
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This test looks for precancerous cell changes on the cervix. (10 words)
Three centimetres of cervix reverses all jurisprudence; a baby’s birth decides the law. (14 words)
Screening does not detect cancer but indicates changes to the cells of the cervix. (14 words)
A few years ago (about seven or eight), I had to have a complete hysterectomy (ovaries, cervix, and uterus) due to previous cancerous cells, and non-cancerous fibroid tumors with the largest being the size of a 20-week-old fetus. (41 words)
A cervical screening, known as a smear test, checks the health of the cervix and is a test to help prevent cancer, but in Joanne’s case, the results from her previous smear tests were negative prior to her diagnosis. (40 words)
A vinegar solution is then applied to the cervix to reveal abnormal cells, and the doctor uses an instrument called a colposcope, which has bright lights and a magnifying lens, to closely look at the vagina and cervix. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the cervix is cleaned, the health care provider places a thin tube (catheter) through the cervix.
A vinegar solution is then applied to the cervix to reveal abnormal cells, and the doctor uses an instrument called a colposcope, which has bright lights and a magnifying lens, to closely look at the vagina and cervix.
It is inserted through the cervix with a special applicator that sutures the thread to the fundus (top) of the uterus ; the thread is then cut with a tail hanging outside of the cervix, similar to frame IUDs.
The lower part of the cervix, known as the vaginal portion of the cervix (or ectocervix), bulges into the top of the vagina.
A cervical screening, known as a smear test, checks the health of the cervix and is a test to help prevent cancer, but in Joanne’s case, the results from her previous smear tests were negative prior to her diagnosis.
Anyone with a cervix over the age of 25 is eligible for routine screening and will be sent an invitation to make an appointment.
A poor tobacco farmer from southern Virginia, she was raising five children when doctors discovered a tumor in her cervix and saved a sample of her cancer cells collected during a biopsy.
In both the US and the UK, oropharyngeal cancer is now more common than cancer of the cervix, he wrote.
In women or those with vaginas, the little pathogen has been linked to inflammation of the cervix, miscarriage, and infertility.
On the one hand, the realisation of a cytology that helps us detect possible malignant cells in the cervix.
This test looks for precancerous cell changes on the cervix.
Three centimetres of cervix reverses all jurisprudence; a baby’s birth decides the law.
Additionally, the doctor may do an internal examination to assess your vagina and cervix, which is the passage from the vagina to the uterus.
A few years ago (about seven or eight), I had to have a complete hysterectomy (ovaries, cervix, and uterus) due to previous cancerous cells, and non-cancerous fibroid tumors with the largest being the size of a 20-week-old fetus.
Anyone with a cervix can get cervical cancer, but it mainly affects women under the age of 45, according to the NHS.
He urged women within the reproductive age group to take advantage of the facility, stating that colposcopy is a safe and effective method for detecting abnormal cell growth in the cervix, vagina, and vulva.
Orange menstrual blood can sometimes appear, often the result of blood mixing with fluids in the cervix, similar to pink-coloured blood.
Screening does not detect cancer but indicates changes to the cells of the cervix.
Surgery is a common treatment method when the cancer has not spread from the cervix.
The NHS claims that anyone with a cervix may be at risk of cancer if they've had 'any kind of sexual contact'.
Common combinations with cervix
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cervix 63×
- cervix and 18×
- cervix is 8×
- and cervix 6×
- cervix to 4×
- your cervix 4×
- cervix with 3×
- with cervix 3×
- cervix similar 2×
- cervix over 2×