BLADDER SPHINCTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bladder sphincter mean? 

• BLADDER SPHINCTER (noun)
  The noun BLADDER SPHINCTER has 1 sense:

1. the sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder; made up of a thickened muscular layer of bladder around the urethral opening

  Familiarity information: BLADDER SPHINCTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLADDER SPHINCTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder; made up of a thickened muscular layer of bladder around the urethral opening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bladder sphincter; musculus sphincter vesicae

Hypernyms ("bladder sphincter" is a kind of...):

anatomical sphincter; sphincter; sphincter muscle (a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening)

Holonyms ("bladder sphincter" is a part of...):

urinary bladder (a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine)