uterine cervix


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Noun1.uterine cervix - necklike opening to the uterusuterine cervix - necklike opening to the uterus  
cervix uteri, cervix
orifice, porta, opening - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
incompetent cervix - (obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth
uterus, womb - a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
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Scientists have used cannabis-derived substance and treated 9 tumor cell lines - from the mammary gland, the lung and the uterine cervix. The natural substance shows a clearly toxic effect on cells commensurate with synthetic cytostatics.
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Speculum examination showed a 2x2 cm, polypoid shape, mass, arising from the post fornix at the left side of upper vagina not affecting the uterine cervix and parametriom.
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A review and update on papillary immature metaplasia of the uterine cervix: a distinct subset of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, proposing a possible cell of origin.
Papillary Immature Metaplasia and Thin High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion Originate in Early Metaplastic Epithelium of the Cervix
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No initiative taken to deal with cancer
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Inversion of the Uterus Combined with Endometrial Carcinosarcoma
The uterine cervix was then repositioned into the abdominal cavity, followed by drainage of the residual pneumoperitoneum by light manual compression of the abdomen.
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Cigarette smoking is liable for more than 85% of lung cancer and is also related with cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, uterine cervix, kidney, ureter, bladder and colon.
Second hand smoke
Analysis and clinical implications of p53 gene mutations and human papillomavirus Type 16 and 18 infection in primary adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix. Am J Pathol 1998;152:1057-63.
A comparative study of p53 expression in premalignant and malignant cervical lesions at a tertiary care institute of Rohilkhand region, India
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A tumor of an ectopic ureter mimicking uterine cervix adenocarcinoma: case report and brief review.
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at surgical and pathologic classification of the uterine cervix [3].
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