Ringlike vs Sphincter - What's the difference?
ringlike | sphincter |
Like a ring; round or nearly so.
(anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening, constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.
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# (in particular) The internal or external anal sphincter, to the extent these are distinguished as two separate entities.
As a adjective ringlike
is like a ring; round or nearly so.As a noun sphincter is
(anatomy) a ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening, constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.ringlike
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The worm had a number of ringlike bands around its body.
Anagrams
*sphincter
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(wikipedia sphincter)Noun
(en noun)- the sphincter of the bladder
- the iris sphincter in the eye
- She decided that she would force him to climax first by the sheer strength of her young animal control, the strength of her sphincters