sphincter
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈsfɪŋktər/
- Specialized
:
esfínter
- 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
And 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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4.2
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
A ring of muscle that holds urine in the bladder and lets it out through a tube
- 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 at the end of the stomach that controls food entering the small intestine
- Specialized
A ring of muscle that acts like a valve but cannot be seen as a separate band
- Specialized
Muscle around the tube from the bladder that closes to stop urine
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.