different between physiological vs sphincter

English

Etymology

• physiology +? -ical

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?zi.??l?d??k?l/

Adjective

physiological (comparative more physiological, superlative most physiological)

1. Of, or relating to physiology.
2. Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.

Synonyms

• physiologic

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sphinct?r (“the muscle of the anus”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (sphinkt?r, “lace, band; contractile muscle”). Possibly related to sphinx (“the strangler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sf??k.t?(?)/

Noun

sphincter (plural sphincters)

1. (anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening (such as the anus or the openings of the stomach), constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.

   Hyponyms: anal sphincter, lissosphincter, lower esophageal sphincter, pyloric sphincter, rhabdosphincter, sphincter of Oddi, upper esophageal sphincter, urethral sphincter

Derived terms

• sphincteral
• sphincteric
• sphinctero-

Related terms

• sphinx

Translations

References

• “sphincter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “sphincter”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• cardia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sphinct?r (“the muscle of the anus”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (sphinkt?r, “lace, band; contractile muscle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sf??k.t??/

Noun

sphincter m (plural sphincters)

1. (anatomy) sphincter

Further reading

• “sphincter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (sphinkt?r, “lace, band; contractile muscle”), from ??????? (sphíng?, “to bind tight or fast”) +? -??? (-t?r, “-er, -or”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sfink.ter/, [?sfi?kt??r]

Noun

sphinct?r m (genitive sphinct?ris); third declension (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy) The sphincter, the muscle of the anus.

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: sphincter
• ? French: sphincter