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.
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. sphincteralgia:
Pain in the sphincter muscles; such as, the anus.
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.
sphincterolysis:
The procedure of separating the iris from the cornea in anterior synechia.
sphincteroid:
Similar to a sphincter muscle.
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.
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