esfínter

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin sphincter, from Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “band, contractile muscle”), from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to bind tight”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈfinteɾ/ [esˈfĩn̪.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -inteɾ
• Syllabification: es‧fín‧ter

esfínter m (plural esfínteres)

1. (anatomy) sphincter

• “esfínter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024