頸

Meaning

頸 centers on the neck as the body part connecting head and torso; the head meaning is a natural extension referring to the area above the neck.

• 頸部けいぶ

  neck

• 頸動脈けいどうみゃく

  carotid artery

• 頸管けいかん

  cervical canal

• 上頸あげくび

  neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)

• 内頸動脈ないけいどうみゃく

  internal carotid artery

• 刎頸の交わりふんけいのまじわり

  inseparable friendship

• 外頸動脈がいけいどうみゃく

  external carotid artery

• 大勲位菊花章頸飾だいくんいきっかしょうくびかざり

  Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

• 子宮頸しきゅうけい

  (uterine) cervix

• 子宮頸がんしきゅうけいがん

  cervical cancer

• 子宮頸管しきゅうけいかん

  cervical canal

• 子宮頸管無力症しきゅうけいかんむりょくしょう

  cervical incompetence; cervical insufficiency

• 子宮頸部しきゅうけいぶ

  cervix; uterine cervix; cervix uteri

• 延頸挙踵えんけいきょしょう

  longing for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive; stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes

• 後頸部こうけいぶ

  nape; back of the neck

• 斜頸しゃけい

  torticollis; wryneck; stiff neck

• 痙性斜頸けいせいしゃけい

  cervical dystonia; spasmodic torticollis

• 細頸芥虫ほそくびごみむし

  bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)

• 総頸動脈そうけいどうみゃく

  common carotid artery

• 頭頸部癌とうけいぶがん

  head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

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