cervixes
Womb entrance structures
Cervixes is the plural of cervix, the narrow lower portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina.
Medical contexts use cervixes or the Latin plural cervices interchangeably: The study examined cervixes of women in their thirties.
Cervix can also mean any neck-like anatomical structure, though the uterine sense dominates.
Widening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- contractionsShortened word forms
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
ripening · incompetent · prostaglandins · pushing · engagement · station · presenting · birth
Tissue covering body surfaces
- squamousScale-like in texture
- columnarShaped like a pillar
- stromaSupportive tissue framework
- glandularOf secretion-producing organs
canal · mucus · crypts · papillae · vascularity · lymphatics · fibroblasts · uterine
Magnified gynecological tissue examination
- cytologyStudy of cells
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- speculumMedical opening device
- LEEPElectrosurgical cervical tissue removal
conization · cryotherapy · dysplasia · CIN · precancerous · brush · sampling · follow-up
Common sexually transmitted virus
- adenocarcinomaGlandular tissue malignancy
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- stenosisAbnormal bodily narrowing
lesion · inflammation · metaplasia · CIN · erosion · cyst · fibroids · incompetence
Capacity for reproduction
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- spermMale reproductive cell
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
mucus · insemination · penetration · receptivity · barrier · hostility · crypts · egg-white
dilation
Widening of an opening
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- contractionsShortened word forms
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
delivery · ripening · incompetent · prostaglandins · pushing · engagement · station · presenting · birth · parturition
epithelium
Tissue covering body surfaces
glandular · canal · mucus · crypts · papillae · vascularity · lymphatics · fibroblasts · uterine · tissue
colposcopy
Magnified gynecological tissue examination
LEEP · conization · cryotherapy · dysplasia · CIN · precancerous · brush · sampling · follow-up · screening
HPV
Common sexually transmitted virus
- adenocarcinomaGlandular tissue malignancy
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- polypFleshy membrane projection
stenosis · lesion · inflammation · metaplasia · CIN · erosion · cyst · fibroids · incompetence · atresia
fertility
Capacity for reproduction
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- spermMale reproductive cell
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
implantation · mucus · insemination · penetration · receptivity · barrier · hostility · crypts · egg-white · timing
- cervix dilationUterine opening's expansion