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Sphincter

noun
1.
A ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening.  Synonyms: anatomical sphincter, sphincter muscle.



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"Sphincter" Quotes from Famous Books



... dysenteric stools. 608: blood and mucus with stool. 611 and 612: painful and also painless diarrh[oe]a, especially in the morning. 617: retention of stool for one week. 646: disagreeable sensation in the bladder, with pressing downwards in the region of the sphincter, and frequent urging, so that he voids urine frequently in the day-time, and ten or twelve times at night; burning and cutting during urination. 668: the urine is dark colored. 730: hoarseness and distress of breathing. 733: roughness ...
— Apis Mellifica - or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent • C. W. Wolf



Words linked to "Sphincter" :   pyloric valve, muscle, musculus



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