"sphincter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsfɪŋk.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sphincter.wav Forms: sphincters [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin sphinctērlbor. English sphincter Learned borrowing 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: {{etymon|en|lbor|la-lat>sphinctēr>sphincter|id=ring of muscle around body openings|tree=1}} Etymology tree Late Latin sphinctērlbor. English sphincter, {{lbor|en|la-lat|sphinctēr||the muscle of the anus}} Learned borrowing from 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)
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          "code": "sv",
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          "word": "färmükamamuskul"
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      "word": "esfíncter"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "word": "esfinter"
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      "word": "сфі́нктар"
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      "word": "сфи́нктер"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "esfínter"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "括約肌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuòyuējī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "括约肌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svěrač"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lukkemuskel"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sfincter"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sluitspier"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sfinktero"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sulgurlihas"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ringlihas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ringvøddi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sulkijalihas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sphincter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esfínter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schließmuskel"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sphinkter"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfigktíras",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "σφιγκτήρας"
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sphinktḗr",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σφιγκτήρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "záróizom"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hringvöðvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sfintero"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sfingter"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sfintere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かつやくきん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "katsuyakukin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "括約筋"
    },
    {
      "alt": "括約筋",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwaryakgeun",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "괄약근"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "miçînik"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guşer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sfinkter",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сфинктер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "takini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "esfankter",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "اسفنکتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwieracz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esfíncter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sfínktɛr",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сфи́нктер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сфинктер"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sfinkter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvierač"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zapiralka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esfínter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ringmuskel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sfinkter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "fisring"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "büzgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sfínkter",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сфі́нктер"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "cơ thắt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "färmükamamuskul"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "slútspier"
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  "word": "sphincter"
}

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