cervix
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
he admired her long graceful neck
Types & categories
- external body part hypernym
- bull neck hyponym
Parts & wholes
- body part holonym
- dewlap part meronym
- thymus gland part meronym
- carotid artery part meronym
- cervical artery part meronym
- jugular part meronym
- trachea part meronym
- nape part meronym
- throat part meronym
- cervical vertebra part meronym
- sternocleidomastoid part meronym
Related & opposite
- cervical derivation
Sense 2 noun
necklike opening to the uterus
Types & categories
- orifice hypernym
- incompetent cervix hyponym
Parts & wholes
- uterus part holonym
Related & opposite
- cervical derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cervical |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | body |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | dewlap |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | thymus gland |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | carotid artery |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cervical artery |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | jugular |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | trachea |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nape |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | throat |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cervical vertebra |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sternocleidomastoid |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | external body part |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bull neck |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cervical |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | uterus |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | orifice |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | incompetent cervix |