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Cervicectomy (health) and pediment (iou)


Cervicectomy (health)


Surgical removal of the cervix, the lower portion of the uterus that protrudes into the vagina. Cervicectomy is also called trachelectomy.





pediment (iou)



pediment noun. Orig. periment. L16.
[Origin uncertain: perh. alt. of PYRAMID noun.]
I.
The triangular part crowning the front of a building in the classical style, usu. situated over a portico and consisting of a flat recessed field framed by a cornice and often ornamented with sculptures; a similarly placed part of a building in mannerist or baroque style (irrespective of shape); a similar feature surmounting and abutting on a niche, door, screen, etc. L16.
Physical Geography. A broad gently sloping rock surface that extends outwards from the abrupt foot of a mountain in arid and semi-arid regions and is usu. covered with a layer of alluvium. L19.
II. [Referred to Latin ped-, pes foot.]
A (physical) base. E18.
pedi'mental adjective of, pertaining to, or shaped like a pediment M19.
pedimen'tation noun (Physical Geography) the formation of a pediment M20.
pedimented adjective having or characterized by a pediment or pediments; shaped or placed like a pediment: M19.