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Cervical
Having to do with any kind of neck including the neck on which the head is perched and the neck of the uterus. The word "cervix" in Latin means "neck". That is why cervical vertebrae and cervical cancer involve quite disparate parts of the anatomy joined only by the meaning of the word "cervix".
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Relating to a neck, or cervix, in any sense. SYN: cervicalis. [L. cervix (cervic-), neck]

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cer·vi·cal 'sər-vi-kəl, Brit usu sər-'vī-kəl adj of or relating to a neck or cervix <\cervical cancer>

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adj.
1. of or relating to the neck.
2. of, relating to, or affecting the cervix (neck region) of an organ, especially the cervix of the uterus.

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cer·vi·cal (surґvĭ-kəl) [L. cervicalis, from cervix neck] 1. pertaining to the neck. 2. pertaining to the neck or cervix of any organ or structure.

Medical dictionary. 2011.