sphincter
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- 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
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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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- Late Latin sphinctēr, from Greek sphinktēr, from sphingein, to bind tight.
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/ (sfĭngkˈtər)/
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