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isthmus

noun

1 isthmus

A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas.

Roget 45: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction etc. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, ... show more

Roget 342: land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.    continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; ... show more

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Dutch: istmus, landengte
Polish: istm, istmus, międzymorze, przesmyk

2 isthmus

A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.

synonym: band.

Polish: cieśń


Moby thesaurus: abbreviation, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, canal, cervix, channel, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture ... show more.

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