Sphincter

/ˈsfɪŋk.tɚ/

Synonyms for "sphincter" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(3 words)
sphincter muscleanatomical sphincterbarrier

Strong matches (16)

Related words (26)

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Noun(5 words)
restrictorring musclevalvevalve musclevalvular muscle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

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More specific

6 entries
anal sphincterbureaucratic gatekeepinglower esophageal sphincterpolicy barrierpyloric sphincterurethral sphincter

Collocations

6 entries
anal sphincterexternal anal sphincterinternal anal sphincterlower esophageal sphincterpyloric sphinctersphincter muscle

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your sphincter is the muscle at the end of your digestive tract.

Source: tatoeba (9043401)

the sphincter of the bladder

Source: wiktionary

the iris sphincter in the eye

Source: wiktionary

She decided that she would force him to climax first by the sheer strength of her young animal control, the strength of her sphincters […]

Source: wiktionary

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