anatomical sphincter

Questions about anatomical sphincter

What does anatomical sphincter mean?

anatomical sphincter means "a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening".

What is another word for anatomical sphincter?

Close synonyms include sphincter, sphincter muscle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anatomical sphincter a common word?

anatomical sphincter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.