Usually means: Muscle controlling opening and closure.
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  1. sphincter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sphincter: Merriam-Webster
  3. sphincter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sphincter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sphincter: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sphincter: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sphincter, sphincter: Wordnik
  8. sphincter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sphincter: Wiktionary
  10. sphincter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sphincter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sphincter: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sphincter: Dictionary.com
  14. sphincter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Sphincter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Sphincter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. sphincter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. sphincter: Rhymezone
  19. Sphincter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. sphincter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. sphincter: FreeDictionary.org
  22. sphincter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. sphincter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sphincter-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. sphincter: Encyclopedia

Medicine (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. sphincter: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. sphincter: Natural Health glossary
  4. Sphincter(s): Merck Manuals
  5. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Sphincter: MedFriendly Glossary
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  8. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
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  10. sphincter: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  11. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  12. sphincter: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  13. sphincter, sphincter-: Medical dictionary
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  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See sphincteric as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening (such as the anus or the openings of the stomach), constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.

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