How to Use cervix in a Sentence

cervix

noun

• The tissue softens and becomes thinner, allowing the cervix to widen.
  — Jessica Migala, Health, 26 May 2024
• If someone's cervix is tightly closed, having the IUD inserter go through will be more painful.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Polyps are also benign growths, and they can be found in the uterus or on the top of the cervix.
  — Wendy Wisner, Health, 13 Sep. 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
• The part of the baby that is nearest to the cervix is called the presenting part.
  — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 25 July 2024
• 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
• These can be run off your pap or with a separate swab of your cervix.
  — Samantha Leal, Marie Claire, 2 Sep. 2015
• 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
• Each has a small string that hangs from the cervix, which a physician uses to remove the device.
  — Robin Marty, Cosmopolitan, 12 Nov. 2014
• 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
• During a Pap smear, a healthcare provider will use a small brush to remove cells from the cervix surface.
  — Michelle Pugle, Health, 4 Sep. 2024
• And ladies, grossed out by the notion of shielding your cervix with animal dung?
  — Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2012
• 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
• That’s a problem since the cervix is the passageway for your baby during birth.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 19 Sep. 2019
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024