Your sphincter is the muscle at the end of your digestive tract.
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Sphincter
//ˈsfɪŋk.tɚ//
Synonyms for "sphincter" (45 found)
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Related words (22)
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8 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 46 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sluitspier noun (Translations)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σφιγκτήρ noun (Translations)
Arabic
1 entries- عَاصِرَة noun (Translations)
Aragonese
1 entries- esfíncter noun (Translations)
Asturian
2 entries- esfínter noun (Translations)
- mollaxe noun (Translations)
Basque
1 entries- esfinter noun (Translations)
Belarusian
1 entries- сфі́нктар noun (Translations)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сфи́нктер noun (Translations)
Catalan
1 entries- esfínter noun (Translations)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 括約肌 /括约肌 noun (Translations)
Czech
1 entries- svěrač noun (Translations)
Danish
1 entries- lukkemuskel noun (Translations)
Dutch
3 entries- kringspier noun (Translations)
- sfincter noun (Translations)
- sluitspier noun (Translations)
Esperanto
1 entries- sfinktero noun (Translations)
Estonian
2 entries- ringlihas noun (Translations)
- sulgurlihas noun (Translations)
Faroese
1 entries- ringvøddi noun (Translations)
Finnish
1 entries- sulkijalihas noun (Translations)
French
1 entries- sphincter noun (Translations)
Galician
1 entries- esfínter noun (Translations)
German
2 entries- Schließmuskel noun (Translations)
- Sphinkter noun (Translations)
Greek
1 entries- σφιγκτήρας noun (Translations)
Hungarian
1 entries- záróizom noun (Translations)
Icelandic
1 entries- hringvöðvi noun (Translations)
Ido
1 entries- sfintero noun (Translations)
Indonesian
1 entries- sfingter noun (Translations)
Italian
1 entries- sfintere noun (Translations)
Japanese
1 entries- 括約筋 noun (Translations)
Korean
1 entries- 괄약근 noun (Translations)
Macedonian
1 entries- сфинктер noun (Translations)
Māori
1 entries- takini noun (Translations)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- guşer noun (Translations)
- miçînik noun (Translations)
Persian
1 entries- اسفنکتر noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- zwieracz noun (Translations)
Portuguese
1 entries- esfíncter noun (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- сфи́нктер noun (Translations)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sfinkter noun (Translations)
- сфинктер noun (Translations)
Slovak
1 entries- zvierač noun (Translations)
Slovene
1 entries- zapiralka noun (Translations)
Spanish
1 entries- esfínter noun (Translations)
Swedish
3 entries- fisring noun (Translations)
- ringmuskel noun (Translations)
- sfinkter noun (Translations)
Thai
1 entries- หูรูด noun (Translations)
Turkish
1 entries- büzgen noun (Translations)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сфі́нктер noun (Translations)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cơ thắt noun (Translations)
Volapük
1 entries- färmükamamuskul noun (Translations)
West-Frisian
1 entries- slútspier noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
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 […]
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