Author: Glossary

Related to the windpipe and the voice box.  

A surgical cut made into the cervix.  

Surgical reconstruction of the cervix.  

Inflammation of the muscles in the neck.  

A sudden and involuntary tightening of the neck muscles causing the neck to arch backwards, sometimes observed during seizures.  

A surgical procedure in which a portion of the uterus is removed and the cervix is surgically secured.  

Any discomfort occurring within the windpipe.  

The toxic component within a toxin.  

Attracted to or having a tendency to bind with poisons.  

A substance that can counteract a particular bacterial toxin, also known as an antitoxin.