cervical
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/, /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl, -aɪkəl
Adjective edit
cervical (not comparable)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
- cervical pain
- (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.
Coordinate terms edit
- (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 edit
- buccocervical
- cervical artery
- cervical canal
- cervical cancer
- cervical cap
- cervical collar
- cervical conization
- cervical enamel
- cervical ganglion
- cervically
- cervical nerve
- cervical plexus
- cervical smear
- cervical spine
- cervical vertebra
- cervico-
- costocervical
- craniocervical
- distocervical
- dorsocervical
- ectocervical
- endocervical
- exocervical
- extracervical
- faciocervical
- inferior cervical ganglion
- intracervical
- labiocervical
- laterocervical
- linguocervical
- midcervical
- middle cervical ganglion
- noncervical
- occipitocervical
- orocervical
- paracervical
- postcervical
- pubocervical
- retrocervical
- scending cervical artery
- spinocervical
- superior cervical ganglion
- supracervical
- syncervical
- thoracocervical
- thyrocervical
- transcervical
- transverse cervical artery
- trigeminocervical
- uterocervical
- vaginocervical
Translations edit
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Noun edit
cervical (plural cervicals)
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.
References edit
- “cervical”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cervical”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).
Adjective edit
cervical (feminine cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: cervical
Further reading edit
- “cervical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).
Adjective edit
cervical m or f (plural cervicais)
Derived terms edit
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
cervical (not comparable)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Apocopated from cervīcāle, nominative neuter singular of cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kerˈu̯iː.kal/, [kɛrˈu̯iːkäɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃerˈvi.kal/, [t͡ʃerˈviːkäl]
Noun edit
cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension
- a pillow, cushion, bolster
- c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 6.16.16:
- Cervicalia capitibus imposita linteis constringunt; id munimentum adversus incidentia fuit.
- They tied down pillows placed upon their heads with linen clothes; that was their protection against falling debris.
- Cervicalia capitibus imposita linteis constringunt; id munimentum adversus incidentia fuit.
Inflection edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cervīcal | cervīcālia |
Genitive | cervīcālis | cervīcālium |
Dative | cervīcālī | cervīcālibus |
Accusative | cervīcal | cervīcālia |
Ablative | cervīcālī | cervīcālibus |
Vocative | cervīcal | cervīcālia |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cervical m or f (plural cervicais)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
cervical f (plural cervicais)
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of vértebra cervical.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cervical.
Adjective edit
cervical m or n (feminine singular cervicală, masculine plural cervicali, feminine and neuter plural cervicale)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | cervical | cervicală | cervicali | cervicale | ||
definite | cervicalul | cervicala | cervicalii | cervicalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | cervical | cervicale | cervicali | cervicale | ||
definite | cervicalului | cervicalei | cervicalilor | cervicalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix + -al.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾbiˈkal/ [θeɾ.β̞iˈkal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾbiˈkal/ [seɾ.β̞iˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: cer‧vi‧cal
Adjective edit
cervical m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervicales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cervical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014