cuello uterino
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʝo uteˈɾino/ [ˌkwe.ʝo u.t̪eˈɾi.no] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʎo uteˈɾino/ [ˌkwe.ʎo u.t̪eˈɾi.no] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʃo uteˈɾino/ [ˌkwe.ʃo u.t̪eˈɾi.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʒo uteˈɾino/ [ˌkwe.ʒo u.t̪eˈɾi.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: cue‧llo u‧te‧ri‧no
Noun
cuello uterino m (plural cuellos uterinos)
- (anatomy) cervix; cervix uteri
- Synonym: cuello del útero
Further reading
- “cuello uterino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024