sphincter muscle

Questions about sphincter muscle

What does sphincter muscle mean?

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

What is another word for sphincter muscle?

Close synonyms include sphincter, anatomical sphincter. 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 muscle a common word?

sphincter muscle 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.