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noun

Sphincter n. (Anat.) A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.

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Etymology of 'Sphincter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sphincter" Quotes from Famous Books

... an additional function—that of pressing together the vocal ligaments, under certain circumstances, thereby narrowing the opening between them. They have therefore been, in these later days, called the Sphincter[G] muscle of the glottis. They have also been called the Vocal Muscles, since they play so important a part in the formation of all vocal tone that a paralysis of them ...

— The Mechanism of the Human Voice • Emil Behnke

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