Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sphincter
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(sphincters) A sphincter is a ring of muscle that surrounds an opening to the body and that can tighten to close this opening. (TECHNICAL) ...the anal sphincter. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek sphinkter, literally, band, from sphingein to bind tight Date: 1578 an annular muscle surrounding and able to contract or close a bodily opening • ~ic adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. Anat. a ring of muscle surrounding and serving to guard or close an opening or tube, esp. the anus. Derivatives sphincteral adj. sphinctered adj. sphincterial adj. sphincteric adj. Etymology: L f. Gk sphigkter f. sphiggo bind tight ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1578, from M.Fr. sphincter, from L.L. sphincter "contractile muscle," from Gk. sphinkter "band, anything that binds tight," from sphingein "to squeeze, bind." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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