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Sphincter   Listen
adjective
Sphincter  adj.  (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle.





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"Sphincter" Quotes from Famous Books



... alimentary canal is called the rectum, originally meaning straight. It is not straight in the human animal. It is six to eight inches long. The anus is the lower opening of the rectum. In health it is closed by the external Sphincter (closing muscle). Disease may wear this muscle out and then the anus remains open, causing the contents of ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter


Words linked to "Sphincter" :   anatomical sphincter, anal sphincter, physiological sphincter, musculus sphincter vesicae, musculus sphincter urethrae, pupillary sphincter, cardiac sphincter, musculus sphincter ductus choledochi, musculus sphincter ani internus, sphincter ani, pyloric valve, musculus sphincter ani externus, musculus sphincter pylori


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