Meaning of ISTHMUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'ismus
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- [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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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | tissue that connects the two lobes of the thyroid. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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