How to Use cervix in a Sentence

cervix

noun

• Surgeries to remove her thyroid, cervix, uterus and ovaries followed.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 13 May 2017
• Hormones soften the ligaments between the mother’s bones in the pelvis and thin the opening of her cervix.
  — Tanya Ward Goodman, Orange County Register, 5 June 2017
• When someone is tense from pain, their body can fight the contractions, preventing the cervix from dilating.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
• Basically, tenting is thought to help the movement of sperm up into the cervix for conception.
  — Zoe Ruderman, Cosmopolitan, 19 June 2017
• With a speculum inserted, the gynecologist takes a sample of cells from your cervix using a small brush.
  — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 19 July 2024
• The ectocervix, or lower portion of the cervix, is where most tissue is examined for abnormal cells.
  — S. Nicole Lane, SELF, 17 Aug. 2017
• At 22 weeks, she was admitted again — her cervix had shortened, which put her and her unborn children at risk for a pre-term delivery.
  — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 16 May 2017
• At 22 weeks, she was admitted again — her cervix had shortened, which put her and her unborn children at risk for a pre-term delivery.
  — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 16 May 2017
• Schwab has two uteruses and two cervixes, with one functioning ovary on the right side; her vagina is separated into two canals by a septum.
  — Annamarie Houlis, Woman's Day, 14 July 2017
• The nurse passes the ob/gyn an instrument to help dilate the patient’s cervix, and then passes her the vacuum aspirator.
  — Augusta MacQueen, SELF, 1 June 2017
• Other cancers linked to tobacco include that of the mouth, larynx, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, liver, stomach, pancreas and cervix, as well as a form of leukemia.
  — Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 June 2017
• The system comprises mouse ovarian cells (which produce the same hormones as human ovaries), along with human cells from the fallopian tube, endometrium and cervix.
  — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 22 May 2017
• 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
• First, the cervix is numbed, then softened and stretched.
  — Caitlin Moscatello, The Cut, 29 Jan. 2018
• 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
• The women said the product is designed to keep sperm close to the cervix.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
• Like the Hoover Dam, but in a good way, and for your cervix, not the Colorado River.
  — Tess Garcia, Health.com, 30 July 2019
• Use your fingers to find the base of your cervix and get a feel for your anatomy.
  — Lauren Freedman, Health.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• Green was anesthetized and her cervix was sewn shut once more.
  — Eva Holland, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
• No part, from your cervix to your vulva, should itch, hurt, or burn.
  — Health.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• When inserted, the ring creates a seal between the pouch and the cervix.
  — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Once the speculum is in place, your doctor will use a swab to collect some cells from your cervix and send them to the lab.
  — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 29 Jan. 2019
• Depending on what the colposcopy showed, a few areas of the cervix might need to be biopsied.
  — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
• If that occurs, most of the time the cervix will stop dilating and the baby will not descend into the birth canal.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024