cervic-, cervico-, cervici-, cervi- +

1. Relating or belonging to the neck, or to any body part that resembles a neck: When spending hours at the desk correcting students' exams, Mr. Jackson complained of having cervical pains.
2. Concerning any kind of neck: The cervical or cervix, includes the neck on which the head is perched and the neck of the uterus.

In a woman's body, the cervical part belongs to the womb, or uterus.

The word cervix in Latin means, "neck". That is why "cervical vertebrae" and "cervical cancer" involve quite various parts of the anatomy joined only by the meaning of the word cervix.

Any one of the arteries found in the neck.

A congenital fissure (deep furrow, cleft, or slit) of the neck.

One of the bones of the neck or the seven segments of the vertebral column located in the neck area: " The vertebrae are located closest to the skull in the neck."

A reference to the neck, or the neck of any organ or bodily structure.

Surgical removal of the cervix, the lower portion of the uterus that protrudes into the vagina.

Cervicectomy is done in younger women with early cancer of the cervix. In this surgery, the cervix and the upper part of the vagina are removed but the rest of the uterus is left in place.

The lymph nodes in the pelvis are also removed, usually by keyhole laparoscopic surgery, to see if the cancer has spread.

1. Affecting or pertaining to the neck and the heart.
2. Referring to branches of the vagus nerve arising in the neck and traveling to the heart; considered an imprecise usage.

1. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
2. A neck-like opening to the uterus.

Referring to the neck and spinal cord: Jane was having problems sleeping at night due to the pains in the area between her head and her back, and her doctor said that she had a cervicispinal related illness.

Inflammation of the cervix of the womb.

A reference to the neck and the ear or the auricle of the ear.

Referring to the neck and the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, or the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder: After a great deal of working out and sweating at the fitness studio, Jeff took a shower so the cervicoaxillary parts of his body would not present "body odor".

Pertaining to the neck and the arm: After falling down from the ladder, James complained about his neck and left arm hurting a lot, and after being examined by his doctor, he was told that he was suffering from a cervicobrachial injury that would have to have surgical treatment.

Pain in the neck and the arm: Cervicobrachialgia is a neuralgia in which pain extends from the cervical region to the arms or fingers.

Cervicobrachialgia is caused by compressed nerve roots of the cervical spinal cord.

Referring to the back of the neck and the bregma (the place on the skull at the top of the forehead where the frontal bone and the two parietal bones meet).