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# cervical

«cervical» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with the neck, as in «cervical vertebrae», the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (cervical)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) Cervical means to do with the neck, as in «cervical vertebrae», the bones in your neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#m1)

2) (medicine) Cervical also means to do with the cervix, the narrow opening of a woman's womb (uterus), as in a «cervical screening» test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the skeleton, the cervical vertebrae are the seven bones of the neck; almost all mammals, even giraffes, have seven. In health lessons and adult life, cervical screening is a check that women are invited to have to help stop cancer early, and there is a vaccine (HPV) that helps protect against cervical cancer. Phrases: «cervical spine», «cervical collar», «cervical screening».

### examples

- The neck has seven cervical vertebrae. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#x1)
- A giraffe has the same number of cervical bones as a mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#x2)
- After the car crash, he wore a cervical collar to protect his neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#x3)
- Mum went for her cervical screening test at the doctor's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#x4)
- The HPV vaccine helps prevent cervical cancer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#x5)
- The X-ray showed his cervical spine was fine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/#x6)

### note

Adjective only. Pronounced «SER-vi-kul» (UK also «ser-VY-kul»). It is a medical word; in everyday talk say «neck». Do not confuse with «circle» or «surgical».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cervical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cervical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.