"sphincter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsfɪŋk.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sphincter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sphincters [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin sphinctēr (“the muscle of the anus”), from Ancient Greek σφῐγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “lace, band; contractile muscle”), ultimately of Pre-Greek origin. Possibly related to sphinx (“the strangler”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|sphinctēr||the muscle of the anus}} Late Latin sphinctēr (“the muscle of the anus”), {{der|en|grc|σφῐγκτήρ||lace, band; contractile muscle}} Ancient Greek σφῐγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “lace, band; contractile muscle”), {{der|en|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{en-noun}} sphincter (plural sphincters)
  1. (anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening (such as the anus or the openings of the stomach), constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning. Wikipedia link: sphincter Categories (topical): Muscles Derived forms: sphincteral, sphincteric, sphinctero- Related terms: sphinx, cardia Translations (Translations): sluitspier (Afrikaans), σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), عَاصِرَة (ʕāṣira) [feminine] (Arabic), esfíncter [masculine] (Aragonese), esfinter (Basque), сфі́нктар (sfínktar) [masculine] (Belarusian), сфи́нктер (sfínkter) [masculine] (Bulgarian), esfínter [masculine] (Catalan), 括約肌 (Chinese Mandarin), 括约肌 (kuòyuējī) (Chinese Mandarin), svěrač [masculine] (Czech), lukkemuskel [common-gender] (Danish), sfincter [masculine] (Dutch), sluitspier [feminine] (Dutch), sfinktero (Esperanto), sulgurlihas (Estonian), ringlihas (Estonian), ringvøddi [masculine] (Faroese), sulkijalihas (Finnish), sphincter [masculine] (French), esfínter [masculine] (Galician), Schließmuskel [masculine] (German), Sphinkter [masculine] (German), σφιγκτήρας (sfigktíras) [masculine] (Greek), záróizom (Hungarian), hringvöðvi [masculine] (Icelandic), sfintero (Ido), sfingter (Indonesian), sfintere [masculine] (Italian), 括約筋 (katsuyakukin) (alt: かつやくきん) (Japanese), 괄약근 (gwaryakgeun) (alt: 括約筋) (Korean), сфинктер (sfinkter) [masculine] (Macedonian), takini (Maori), miçînik (Northern Kurdish), guşer [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), اسفنکتر (esfankter) (Persian), zwieracz [masculine] (Polish), esfíncter [masculine] (Portuguese), сфи́нктер (sfínktɛr) [masculine] (Russian), сфинктер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sfinkter [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvierač [masculine] (Slovak), zapiralka [feminine] (Slovene), esfínter [masculine] (Spanish), ringmuskel (Swedish), sfinkter [common-gender] (Swedish), fisring [common-gender, slang] (Swedish), büzgen (Turkish), сфі́нктер (sfínkter) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cơ thắt (Vietnamese), färmükamamuskul (Volapük), slútspier (West Frisian)

Noun [French]

IPA: /sfɛ̃k.tɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-sphincter.wav Forms: sphincters [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin sphinctēr (“the muscle of the anus”), from Ancient Greek σφῐγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “lace, band; contractile muscle”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|LL.|sphinctēr||the muscle of the anus|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin sphinctēr (“the muscle of the anus”), {{bor+|fr|LL.|sphinctēr||the muscle of the anus}} Borrowed from Late Latin sphinctēr (“the muscle of the anus”), {{der|fr|grc|σφῐγκτήρ||lace, band; contractile muscle}} Ancient Greek σφῐγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “lace, band; contractile muscle”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} sphincter m (plural sphincters)
  1. (anatomy) sphincter Wikipedia link: fr:sphincter Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-sphincter-fr-noun-XCyFeJ9y Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈsfink.ter/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsfiŋkt̪er] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek σφῐγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “lace, band; contractile muscle”), from σφῐ́γγω (sphíngō, “to bind tight or fast”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, “-er, -or”, nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|σφῐγκτήρ||lace, band; contractile muscle}} Ancient Greek σφῐγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “lace, band; contractile muscle”), {{af|grc|σφῐ́γγω|-τήρ|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to bind tight or fast|t2=-er, -or}} σφῐ́γγω (sphíngō, “to bind tight or fast”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, “-er, -or”, nominal suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|sphinctēr<3.greek.M>}} sphinctēr m (genitive sphinctēris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sphinctēr<3.greek>}} Forms: sphinctēr [canonical, masculine], sphinctēris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sphinctēr [nominative, singular], sphinctērēs [nominative, plural], sphinctēris [genitive, singular], sphinctērum [genitive, plural], sphinctērī [dative, singular], sphinctēribus [dative, plural], sphinctērem [accusative, singular], sphinctērēs [accusative, plural], sphinctēre [ablative, singular], sphinctēribus [ablative, plural], sphinctēr [singular, vocative], sphinctērēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) The sphincter, the muscle of the anus. Tags: Late-Latin, declension-3 Categories (topical): Anatomy

Inflected forms

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