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Isthmus

Isthmus Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Isthmus? [n] a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [n] a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas Synonyms \| Synonyms for Isthmus: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Isthmus: abbreviation \| astriction \| astringency \| bottleneck \| canal \| cervix \| channel \| circumscription \| coarctation \| compactedness \| compaction \| compression \| compressure \| concentration \| condensation \| consolidation \| constriction \| constringency \| contraction \| contracture \| curtailment \| decrease \| defile \| diminuendo \| hourglass \| hourglass figure \| knitting \| narrow \| narrow place \| narrowing \| narrows \| neck \| pass \| puckering \| pursing \| reduction \| shortening \| solidification \| strait \| stranglement \| strangulation \| striction \| stricture \| systole \| throat \| wasp waist \| wrinkling See Also \| Central America \| dry land \| earth \| ground \| Isthmus of Corinth \| Isthmus of Kra \| Isthmus of Panama \| Isthmus of Suez \| Isthmus of Tehuantepec \| Karelian Isthmus \| land \| solid ground \| terra firma \| tissue Isthmus In Webster's Dictionary \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Isthmuses}. [L. isthmus, Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[eth] isthmus. See {Issue}.] (Geog.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. {Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.

Isthmus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Isthmus?

[n] a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
[n] a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

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Isthmus In Webster's Dictionary

\Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Isthmuses}. [L. isthmus,
Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an
isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the
root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[eth] isthmus. See
{Issue}.] (Geog.)
A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are
connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland;
as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.

{Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.

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