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Definition of Isthmus
1. Noun. A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas.
Generic synonyms: Dry Land, Earth, Ground, Land, Solid Ground, Terra Firma
Derivative terms: Isthmian
2. Noun. A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
Definition of Isthmus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Isthmus
1. Noun. A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses. ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Isthmus
1. a strip of land connecting two larger land masses [n -MUSES or -MI]
Medical Definition of Isthmus
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Origin: L. Isthmus, Gr. 'isqmos a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. From the root of 'ienai to go; cf. Icel. Eith isthmus. See Issue.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isthmus
Literary usage of Isthmus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"Doubtless these complications may occur in j efforts to open the trachea below
the isthmus. Trousseau speaks of the dangers of a too "nimble tracheotomy," ..."
2. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"It was by crossing the isthmus that Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the South Sea.
It was by penetrating the Strait that Magellan, seven years later, ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1910)
"The contention that merchandise coming into the United States from the Canal Zone
in the isthmus of Panama could not be subjected, as is attempted by the ..."
4. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"HOME BY THE isthmus. The Steamship Line between San Francisco and New York by
the isthmus—Its Business, and its Relations to Pacific Coast Life—The ..."
5. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, T. Arundel Harcourt, Albert Goldschmidt, Walter Mulrea Fisher, William Nemos (1874)
"... which I call Guatemalans] the people of the Mosquito Coast and Honduras,
Mosquitos ; and the nations of Costa Rica and the isthmus of Dañen, or Panamá, ..."
6. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"Doubtless these complications may occur in j efforts to open the trachea below
the isthmus. Trousseau speaks of the dangers of a too "nimble tracheotomy," ..."
7. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"It was by crossing the isthmus that Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the South Sea.
It was by penetrating the Strait that Magellan, seven years later, ..."
8. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1910)
"The contention that merchandise coming into the United States from the Canal Zone
in the isthmus of Panama could not be subjected, as is attempted by the ..."
9. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"HOME BY THE isthmus. The Steamship Line between San Francisco and New York by
the isthmus—Its Business, and its Relations to Pacific Coast Life—The ..."
10. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, T. Arundel Harcourt, Albert Goldschmidt, Walter Mulrea Fisher, William Nemos (1874)
"... which I call Guatemalans] the people of the Mosquito Coast and Honduras,
Mosquitos ; and the nations of Costa Rica and the isthmus of Dañen, or Panamá, ..."
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