sphinctero-, sphincter- +
(Greek > Latin: that which binds tightly, press together; band, lace; hence, muscle that closes an aperture of the body; a ringlike band of muscle fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural orifice)
blepharosphincterectomy
Excision of some of the fibers of the orbicularis muscle, together with overlying skin, to relieve pressure of the eyelid on the cornea in blepharospasm.
lissosphincter
Smooth muscular sphincter [that which binds tightly].
rhabdosphincter
Striated muscular sphincter.
sphincter, sphincteral
1. A contractile muscular ring by which an orifice of the body (in man or animals) is normally kept closed.
2. A ringlike band of muscle fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural orifice.
sphincterectomy
Dissecting or cutting away any sphincter muscle.
sphincteric
A reference to a sphincter.
sphincterismus
Spasmodic contraction of the sphincter ani muscles.
sphincteritis
Inflammation of a sphincter.
sphincteroid
Similar to a sphincter muscle.
sphincterolysis
The procedure of separating the iris from the cornea in anterior synechia.
sphincteroplasty
1. Plastic surgery of any sphincter muscle.
2. Surgical repair of a defective sphincter.
sphincteroscope
A speculum to facilitate inspection of the internal sphincter ani muscle.
sphincteroscopy
Visual examination of a sphncter.
sphincterotome
An instrument for incising (cutting) a sphincter.
sphincterotomy
The surgical cutting of or into a sphincter muscle; division of a sphincter.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube":
alveolo-;
antro-;
anu-;
celo-;
coelio-;
concho-;
fenestra-;
hernio-;
hiat-;
meato-;
ora-;
parieto-;
poro-;
pyl-, pyle-;
pylor-;
splanchn-;
stomato-;
syringo-;
uretero-;
urethro-;
vagino-;
ventricul-.
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