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Definition: Sphincter Muscle |
Sphincter MuscleNoun1. A ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Sphincter MuscleSynonyms: anatomical sphincter (n), sphincter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sphincter Muscle |
| English words defined with "sphincter muscle": anal sphincter ♦ bladder sphincter ♦ light reflex ♦ miosis, musculus sphincter ani, musculus sphincter pylori, musculus sphincter urethrae, musculus sphincter vesicae, myosis ♦ pupillary reflex, pyloric sphincter, pyloric valve ♦ sphincter ani ♦ urethral sphincter. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Anorectal manometry evaluates anal sphincter muscle function. (references) | |
Severe or chronic prolapse requires surgery to strengthen and tighten the anal sphincter muscle or to repair the prolapsed lining. (references) | ||
A different muscle, the sphincter muscle, is supposed to hold urine in by squeezing the urethra shut at the opening of the bladder. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "sphincter muscle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | sfinkter (sphincter), büzgen kas (sphincter), büzücü kas (sphincter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Sphincter Muscle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sphincter muscel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-h-i-l-m-n-p-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: lectureships. | |
-4 letters: lectureship, multiscreen, putrescines, spherulites. | |
-5 letters: clipsheets, crepuscles, crumpliest, crunchiest, cutcheries, ecumenists, euphemists, impureness, licensures, luminesces, lunchtimes, multisense, presentism, princelets, putrescine, reinspects, sepulchers, sepulchres, spherulite, sphincters, splenetics, stencilers, terminuses. | |
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