'Isthmus' definitions:
Definition of 'isthmus'
(from WordNet)
noun
A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
noun
A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [syn: isthmus, band]
Definition of 'Isthmus'
From: GCIDE
- Isthmus \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. [1913 Webster]
- Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'isthmus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- bottleneck,
- canal,
- cervix,
- channel,
- circumscription,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- curtailment,
- decrease,
- defile,
- diminuendo,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- knitting,
- narrow,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- narrows,
- neck,
- pass,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- reduction,
- shortening,
- solidification,
- strait,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- systole,
- throat,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling