How to Use cervix in a Sentence

cervix

noun
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  • This type of test looks for changes in the cells of the cervix.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The cervix sits at the lower, narrow end of the uterus, per the NCI.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • These embryos are then placed in the uterus via the cervix.
    — Serena Coady, SELF, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The cancer has spread to the cervix, according to the ACS.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The egg can also end up in an ovary, the cervix or the abdomen.
    — Amy Alspaugh, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
  • Like the Hoover Dam, but in a good way, and for your cervix, not the Colorado River.
    — Tess Garcia, Health.com, 30 July 2019
  • Her cervix — the opening to her womb — was too weak to hold the pregnancy and opened too soon.
    — Naseem S. Miller, orlandosentinel.com, 8 July 2019
  • The cells from her cervix, however, lived on and were used in research.
    — Emily Davis, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The baby had not dropped and my cervix was not dilating.
    — Ariane Chang, The New York Review of Books, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Depending on what the colposcopy showed, a few areas of the cervix might need to be biopsied.
    — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
  • That’s a problem since the cervix is the passageway for your baby during birth.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Hatcher’s other cervix, though, wasn’t quite ready for that water to break, so the doctors gave it some more time.
    — Emily Nadal, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Also, the opening of your cervix (the narrow passage at the lower end of your uterus) is pretty small.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Her cervix was opening too early and putting the pregnancy at risk.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Even a hysterectomy—total removal of the uterus and sometimes the cervix—isn’t a cure.
    — Kirsten Slyter, Bon Appétit, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Common screens include ones for prostate, breast, cervix, colon after the age of 50, and the lungs for those who have smoked heavily.
    — Matías A. Loewy, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The majority of the scarring was in my cervix, and my lining was not damaged.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, Health.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Porpoise penises, in turn, ended in a fleshy projection, like a finger, that seemed to have evolved to poke through the folds and reach the cervix.
    — Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Common screens include ones for cancer of the prostate, breast, cervix, colon after the age of 50, and the lungs for those who have smoked heavily.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Hysterectomy itself is the removal of the uterus, the cervix — which is the opening of the uterus — and the fallopian tubes, which are attached to the sides of the uterus.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Winans would have to undergo emergency surgery to have her cervix stitched closed.
    — Essence, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Once at the hospital I was given 1/2 a pill of Cytotec to soften cervix, balloon went in.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
  • During pregnancy, as the body prepares to give birth, the cervix begins to dilate or open from the pressure.
    — Amirah Vann, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The cervix is dilated and the contents of the uterus are surgically removed.
    — Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 6 July 2022
  • The doctor may also remove the fallopian tubes, ovaries and/or the cervix during the same surgery.
    — Noel Cody, Essence, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Doctors tend to pass through it, barely looking up, on their way to their destination, the cervix and uterus.
    — Rachel E. Gross, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The slipperiness of this discharge gives sperm a boost toward reaching the cervix.
    — Mara Santilli, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The drug dilates the cervix and blocks the effects of the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Again, this timeline gives your C-section incision time to heal and your cervix time to close and return to normal.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 14 Aug. 2023
  • These warts can grow anywhere on, in, or around the female genitalia, including the cervix.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 24 Sep. 2019

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