cervical

adj
/ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/UK/ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cervīx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis New Latin cervīcālislbor. French cervicalbor. English cervical Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, cervic- + -al.

  1. derived from cervīcālis
  2. borrowed from cervical

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the neck.

    • cervical pain
  2. Of or pertaining to the cervix.

    • cervical cancer
  3. Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cervical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA