isthmuses

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isthmuses - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
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