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Definitions for: Isthmus
[n] a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
[n] a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
Webster (1913) Definition: Isth"mus (?; 277), n.; pl. Isthmuses. [L. isthmus,
Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an
isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the
root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[eth] isthmus. See
Issue.] (Geog.)
A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are
connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland;
as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
See Also: Central America, dry land, earth, ground, Isthmus of Corinth, Isthmus of Kra, Isthmus of Panama, Isthmus of Suez, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Karelian Isthmus, land, solid ground, terra firma, tissue
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