CERVICAL CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cervical canal mean? 

• CERVICAL CANAL (noun)
  The noun CERVICAL CANAL has 1 sense:

1. a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina

  Familiarity information: CERVICAL CANAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERVICAL CANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

canalis cervicis uteri; cervical canal

Hypernyms ("cervical canal" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

 Context examples 

A procedure in which the mucous membrane of the cervical canal is scraped using a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette.

(Endocervical curettage, NCI Dictionary)

A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilation) to permit the cervical canal and uterine lining to be scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette (curettage).

(Dilation and curettage, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure to remove tissue from the cervical canal or the inner lining of the uterus.

(D&C, NCI Dictionary)

Surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and cervical canal.

(Conization, NCI Dictionary)