sphincter ani

Questions about sphincter ani

What does sphincter ani mean?

sphincter ani means "the sphincter muscle of the anus".

What is another word for sphincter ani?

Close synonyms include anal sphincter, musculus sphincter ani. 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 sphincter ani a common word?

sphincter ani 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.