cervical

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝːvɨkl̩/
• (UK) /ˈsɜ.vɨkl̩/, also pronounced /səˈvaɪ.kl̩/

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) of the neck

   cervical pain

2. (anatomy) of the cervix

   cervical cancer

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

• cervical cancer
• cervical cap
• cervical collar
• cervical enamel
• cervically
• cervical smear
• cervical spine
• cervical vertebra
• costocervical
• dorsocervical
• ectocervical
• endocervical
• exocervical
• extracervical
• faciocervical
• intracervical
• laterocervical
• noncervical
• paracervical
• postcervical
• supracervical
• thyrocervical
• transcervical
• uterocervical
• vaginocervical

 

Translations

of the neck

• Belarusian: шы́йны (šýjny)
• Catalan: cervical
• Czech: krční (cs)
• Esperanto: kola (eo)
• Finnish: kaula-, kaulan
• French: cervical (fr)
• Galician: cervical (gl)
• Hungarian: nyaki

• Irish: muineálach
• Polish: szyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: cervical
• Russian: ше́йный (ru) (šéjnyj), заты́лочный (ru) (zatýločnyj) (occipital)
• Spanish: cervical
• Ukrainian: ши́йний (šýjnyj)
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) cổ (vi), cảnh (vi)

of the cervix

• Catalan: cervical
• Esperanto: uterkola
• Finnish: kohdunkaula-, kohdunkaulan
• French: cervical (fr)
• Hungarian: méhnyaki
• Irish: ceirbheacsach

• Italian: cervicale (it)
• Portuguese: cervical
• Russian: цервика́льный (ru) (cervikálʹnyj)
• Spanish: cervical

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} krční (cs)

Noun

cervical (plural cervicals)

1. A cervical vertebra

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

cervical (feminine singular cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)

1. cervical

Derived terms

• vertèbre cervicale

Further reading

• “cervical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical

Derived terms

• vértebra cervical

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Interlingua

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

1. cervical

Related terms

• cervice

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Latin

Etymology

From cervix.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kerˈwiː.kal/, [kɛrˈwiː.kaɫ̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈvi.kal/, [t͡ʃɛrˈviː.kal]

Noun

cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension

1. pillow, cushion, bolster

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cervīcal	cervīcālia
Genitive	cervīcālis	cervīcālium
Dative	cervīcālī	cervīcālibus
Accusative	cervīcal	cervīcālia
Ablative	cervīcālī	cervīcālibus
Vocative	cervīcal	cervīcālia

References

• cervical in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cervical in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cervical in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cervical in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cervical in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cervical in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvice +‎ -al.

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais, comparable)

1. (anatomy) cervical (relating to the cervix or neck)

Related terms

• cérvice
• cerviz

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾbiˈkal/, [θeɾ.β̞i.ˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾbiˈkal/, [seɾ.β̞i.ˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

cervical (plural cervicales)

1. cervical

Derived terms

• tirocervical
• vértebra cervical
• latigazo cervical

Related terms

• cérvix
• cerviz
• cervico-

Further reading

• “cervical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.