sphincter
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- noun
- /ˈsfɪŋktər/
- Specialized
- And the way that anti acids work is they essentially cause the sphincters above the gut to cinch shut.
- anal sphincter
- external sphincter
- esophageal sphincter
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Watch on YouTubeAnd to that end, we owe our sphincters a big thank you.
- And to that end, we owe our sphincters a big thank you.
- And the way that anti acids work is they essentially cause the sphincters above the gut to cinch shut.
- Because like if she's got extreme like GERD problems or gastroenteritis, it's like that sphincter could not be working correctly.
- Now, when the rectum fills with stool, the internal sphincter relaxes to let the stool out, and that's when your external sphincter is supposed to push it out.
- Just trying to encourage I sphincter to work and nothing, nothing would happen.
- And that's the moment, Theo, when the sound of your sphincter echoes in your mind, right?
- And saying that evidently just clinched a few sphincters around here.
- And his fucking throat goes, Nah, bitch tightens like a sphincter.
- You got a tight cross those legs and and just defect a tight sphincter.
- Dude remember they had that one kid who used to hide weed in his own in his sphincter.
- What there there are these like little pockets of flatulence that are escaping my sphincter.
- With just six days left before the election, this race, this race is now tighter than your sphincters are.
Examples
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And it was also true that there were moments when he couldn't quite keep his sphincter clamped shut.
Fiction book (1998) -
Defecography showed that the new sphincter was functioning.
Academic text (1992) -
I have very strong sphincter muscles, sir.
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That, with a simultaneous relaxing of the sphincter.
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Serious incontinence due to anal sphincter damage should be treated by surgery.
Academic text (1992) -
With repeated trauma, friction, and stretching, the sphincter loses its tone and its ability to maintain a tight seal.
Blog text (13) -
Serious fecal incontinence due to anal sphincter damage should be treated by surgery.
Academic text (1992) -
If Sam massages his external sphincter too vigorously, he bleeds.
Fiction book (1998) -
The items measured are basic self-care, sphincter control, transfers, locomotion, communication, and social cognition.
Academic text (2017) -
The doctor explained that the lower esophageal sphincter helps prevent stomach acid from entering the esophagus.
Synonyms
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A ring of muscle that closes an opening in the body
A ring of muscle that closes or controls an opening in the body
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.4
A ring of muscle at the end of the stomach that controls food entering the small intestine
- Specialized
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5.6
A ring of muscle that holds urine in the bladder and lets it out through a tube
- Specialized
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Muscle around the tube from the bladder that closes to stop urine
- Specialized
A ring of muscle where the food pipe meets the stomach that stops food and acid going back up
- Specialized
A ring of muscle that closes or controls an opening in the body
- Specialized
A ring of muscle in the eye that makes the pupil smaller in bright light
- Specialized
A ring of muscle at the end of the stomach that controls food entering the small intestine
- Specialized
A muscle around the tube that carries urine that you can tighten to hold urine
- Specialized
A ring of muscle around the bladder opening that controls urine flow
- Specialized
A ring of muscle around the anus that controls bowel movements
- Specialized
A ring of muscle around the anus that you use to stop or let out poop
- Specialized
A ring of muscle inside the anus that keeps stool in without thinking
- Specialized
A muscle that controls the flow of bile into the small intestine
- Specialized
A muscle that controls the opening of the main tube from the pancreas to the small intestine
- Specialized
A ring of muscle in the coloured part of the eye that makes the pupil smaller
- Specialized
A ring of muscle that acts like a valve but cannot be seen as a separate band
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sphincter comes from an old Greek root sphingein, which means 'to squeeze' or 'to bind'. So a sphincter is a ring of muscle that 'squeezes' shut a natural opening in the body.