a. Phys. [f. L. type *cervīcāl-is (cf. cervīcāl bolster), pertaining to the neck, f. cervix, -īcis; cf. F. cervical.]

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  1.  Of or belonging to the cervix or neck.

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1681.  trans. Willis’ Rem. Med. Wks., Voc., Cervical, Belonging to the Neck.

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1741.  Monro, Anat. (ed. 2), 106. They serve for the Passage of the cervical Veins.

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1834.  J. Forbes, trans. Laennec’s Dis. Chest, 327. The mesenteric or cervical glands.

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1866.  Huxley, Preh. Rem. Caithn., 109. A horse’s skull with its upper cervical vertebræ.

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  b.  Used in regard to other structures: see CERVIX.

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1860.  Tanner, Pregnancy, ii. 54. A plug of viscid cervical mucus.

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  2.  as sb. = Cervical nerve, vertebra, etc.

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1767.  Gooch, Treat. Wounds, I. 369. The phrenic nerve is derived from the cervicals.

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1875.  Blake, Zool., 2. The cervicals are 7 in number.

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