sphincter

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Look, the sphincter is a muscle.

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  1. noun A ringlike muscle that normally maintains constriction of a body passage or orifice and that relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning.

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  • A horrible daemon, a thing with slimy scales and suckered appendages, awaited their arrival. —  Night Arrant
  • Look, the sphincter is a muscle. —  Neanderpundit
  • His fear and surprise had faded. —  Morgawr
  • Chert whispered to his friend. —  Night Arrant
  • I said. —  Nine Princes In Amber
 

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  1. Late Latin sphinctēr, from Greek sphinktēr, from sphingein, to bind tight.

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/ (sfĭngkˈtər)/
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