cervical

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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) IPA^(key): /səˈvaɪ.kl̩/ (relating to the neck), /ˈsɜ.vɨkl̩/ (relating to the cervix)

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) of the neck
2. (anatomy) of the cervix

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,‎ 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

Derived terms

• cervical cancer
• cervical cap
• cervical collar
• cervically
• cervical smear
• cervical spine
• cervical vertebra
• costocervical

• dorsocervical
• ectocervical
• endocervical
• exocervical
• intracervical
• laterocervical
• noncervical

• paracervical
• postcervical
• supracervical
• thyrocervical
• transcervical
• uterocervical
• vaginocervical

Translations

of the neck

• Esperanto: kola
• Hungarian: nyaki

• Irish: muineálach
• Russian: заты́лочный (ru) m (zatýločnyj), ше́йный (ru) m (šéjnyj)

of the cervix

• Esperanto: uterkola
• French: cervical (fr)
• Hungarian: méhnyaki
• Irish: ceirbheacsach

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

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• Czech: krční (cs) m
• Finnish: kohdunkaula-, kohdunkaulan

• Galician: cervical (gl)

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 le 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, f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical

Derived terms

• vértebra cervical

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Latin

Etymology

From cervix.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kerˈwiː.kal/, [kɛrˈwiː.kaɫ]

Noun

cervīcal n (genitive cervīcalis); third declension

1. pillow, cushion, bolster

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cervīcal	cervīcalia
genitive	cervīcalis	cervīcalium
dative	cervīcalī	cervīcalibus
accusative	cervīcal	cervīcalia
ablative	cervīcalī	cervīcalibus
vocative	cervīcal	cervīcalia

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, 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

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θerbiˈkal/, [θerβiˈkal]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /serbiˈkal/, [serβiˈkal]

Adjective

cervical (plural cervicales)

1. cervical

Derived terms

• tirocervical

Related terms

• cérvix
• cerviz

Further reading

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