SPHINCTER

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.

2.
a.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle.


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