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lissosphincter

lissosphincter noun: the part of a sphincter composed of smooth muscle.

Noun

lissosphincter (plural lissosphincters)

  1. The part of a sphincter composed of smooth muscle
    • The inner part, the so-called lissosphincter, surrounds the urethra and is formed by circular and longitudinally oriented smooth muscle cell layers.2015 September 26, “Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Sphincter Regeneration: Role of Laminin Isoforms upon Myogenic Differentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of lissosphincter

plurallissosphincters

Origin of lissosphincter

From Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”) + sphincter.

Questions about lissosphincter

What does lissosphincter mean?
Lissosphincter means the part of a sphincter composed of smooth muscle.
What part of speech is lissosphincter?
Lissosphincter is a noun.
What is the plural of lissosphincter?
The plural of lissosphincter is lissosphincters.

Words near lissosphincter in the dictionary

  1. lissomest
  2. lissomly
  3. lissomness
  4. lissoneoid
  5. lissoneoids
  6. lissosphincter
  7. lissosphincters
  8. lissotrichi
  9. lissotrichian
  10. lissotrichous
  11. lissotrichy

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