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s | sphincter |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    sphincter

    English

    (wikipedia sphincter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening, constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.
    • the sphincter of the bladder
    the iris sphincter in the eye
  • * 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'' (Faber & Faber, 2004: ''Avignon Quintet ), page 836:
    • She decided that she would force him to climax first by the sheer strength of her young animal control, the strength of her sphincters
  • # (in particular) The internal or external anal sphincter, to the extent these are distinguished as two separate entities.

    • Synonyms

    * anatomical sphincter

    Derived terms

    * anal sphincter * lower esophageal sphincter * pyloric sphincter * sphincteral * urethral sphincter * upper esophageal sphincter

    Related terms

    * sphinx

    See also

    * cardia