different between stricture vs sphincter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin strict?ra, from Latin strictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??kt???(?)/
• enPR: str?k'ch?r
• Rhymes: -?kt??(r)

Noun

stricture (countable and uncountable, plural strictures)

1. (usually in the plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action

2. a general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology

   I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.

3. a sternly critical remark or review
4. (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
5. (obsolete) strictness
6. (obsolete) a stroke; a glance; a touch
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     But whatever may be said of other matters , certainly the first draughts and strictures of Natural Religion and Morality are naturally in the Mind

7. (linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Participle

strict?re

1. vocative masculine singular of strict?rus

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