sphincter

Etymology
, from, ultimately of origin. Possibly related to.

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: sluitspier
 * Arabic: عَاصِرَة
 * Aragonese: esfíncter
 * Basque: esfinter
 * Belarusian: сфі́нктар
 * Bulgarian: сфи́нктер
 * Catalan: esfínter
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: sfinktero
 * Estonian: sulgurlihas, ringlihas
 * Faroese: ringvøddi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σφιγκτήρ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hringvöðvi
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 括約筋
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: miçînik, guşer
 * Macedonian: сфинктер
 * Maori: takini
 * Persian: اسفنکتر
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сфинктер
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: zvierač
 * Slovene: zapiralka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , fisring
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: сфі́нктер
 * Vietnamese: cơ thắt
 * Volapük: färmükamamuskul
 * West Frisian: slútspier

Etymology
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Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  The sphincter, the muscle of the anus.