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The success with Perkins’ breast cancer follows reports of similar responses in patients who had advanced-stage cancers of the bile duct, colon and cervix.
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Some of those women had symptoms such as lumps on their breasts, or reported pain or burning sensations, while another had a dark spot on her cervix, according to documents obtained by the Journal Sentinel through an open records request.
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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.
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McElrath said doctors have long assumed that preterm contractions force the cervix to yield, leading to preterm birth.
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While misoprostol can be used to soften the cervix, such as for pre-IUD insertion, it can also be used to treat manage postpartum hemorrhaging and for medical abortions.
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During her treatment, a surgeon cut cells from her cervix.
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Doctors were accustomed to tissue samples dying off quickly once removed from their hosts, and were shocked at the unflagging replication rate of the cells from Lacks’s cervix.
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During labor, your cervix dilates, opening enough to accommodate the baby’s head and shoulders.
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Origin and Etymology of cervix
Latin cervic-, cervix
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Definition of cervix for English Language Learners
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medical : the narrow end at the opening of a woman's uterus
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