cervix uteri

1. 1.

   necklike opening to the uterus

   Synonymscervixuterine cervix

   Broaderorifice

   Narrowerincompetent cervix

   Part ofuterus

Questions about cervix uteri

What does cervix uteri mean?

cervix uteri means "necklike opening to the uterus".

What is another word for cervix uteri?

Close synonyms include cervix, uterine cervix. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cervix uteri a common word?

cervix uteri is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.