About The Word Isthmus
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Isthmus
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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}.
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