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[Plural] noun- Neck, especially the back part. Also: A constricted portion of an organ or part.

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  • Because really, who were more into cervixes cervi? than 1970s feminists?
  • I won't go into the the whole procedure but it is designed to get large heads oout of undilated cervixes.
  • Gosnell perforated the uteruses, bowels and cervixes of countless patients, the grand jury report charged.
  • The study results cover 458 healthy pregnant women with cervixes between 10 millimeters and 20 millimeters long.
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