Usually means: Muscles controlling opening and closing.
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  1. sphincters: Merriam-Webster
  2. sphincters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sphincters: Vocabulary.com
  4. sphincters: Wordnik
  5. sphincters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sphincters: Wiktionary
  7. sphincters: Dictionary.com
  8. Sphincters: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Sphincters: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sphincters: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Sphincters: Medical dictionary

(Note: See sphincter as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sphincter)

noun:  (anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening (such as the anus or the openings of the stomach), constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.
▸ Also see sphincter

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