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单词 isthmus
释义
isthmus
noun[C]
specialized
uk
/ˈɪsθ.məs//ˈɪs.məs/us
/ˈɪsθ.məs//ˈɪs.məs/

isthmusnoun[C](LAND)

geography
anarrowpieceoflandwithwateron eachsidethatjoinstwolargerareasofland:
地峡
the Isthmus ofPanama巴拿马地峡
picture of isthmus
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geography: promontories & peninsulas
  • arm
  • cape
  • Cape Cod
  • causeway
  • head
  • headland
  • panhandle
  • peninsula
  • peninsular
  • point
  • promontory
  • sea stack
  • spit
  • stack
  • tombolo

isthmusnoun[C](IN BODY)

medical
anarrowconnectionbetween twoorganpartsorstructuresin thebody
（身体）峡部
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Substances & structures in the body
  • abductor
  • accessorius
  • adductor
  • adenoid
  • agonist
  • gracilis
  • grey matter
  • groove
  • gyrus
  • hallucis
  • papilla
  • papillary
  • parietal
  • pecten
  • pectineal
  • vesical
  • vesicle
  • vestibular
  • vestibule
  • visceral muscle
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(Definition ofisthmusfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

isthmus| American Dictionary

isthmus
noun[C]
us
/ˈɪs·məs/
anarrowpieceoflandthat haswateron eithersideandjoinstwolargerareasofland:
the Isthmus ofPanama
(Definition ofisthmusfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofisthmus

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Not all patients with interruption between the carotid and subclavian arteries have the deletion, and some, albeit very few, with interruption at theisthmusdo.
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The balloon diameter was between the diameters of aorticisthmusand descending aorta at the level of diaphragm.
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Another potential carrier would have been ships' ballast, especially from ships that were wrecked at theisthmus.
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The diameter of theisthmuswas found to be smaller, and the size of mitral valve annulus larger, than previously published values.
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Stimulation of the nucleus isthmi leads to time-varying electrical potentials in the optic tectum.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When shedding of the oocyte(s) into the ampulla is imminent, stored spermatozoa are activated and released from the caudalisthmusin discrete numbers.
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The skin and bone above the tectum were opened to allow access to the nucleus isthmi, which lies below the tectum at its caudal pole.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, its application, safety, and efficacy in the setting of mild hypoplasia of the aorticisthmushas not been determined.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Increased nuchal translucency in trisomy 21 fetuses; relation to narrowing of the aorticisthmus.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Flow in the descending aorta just distal to the ductus arteriosus/aorticisthmusjunction shows definite temporal differences and two distinct streams.
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Position of nerve ring, 0.396 - 0.440 from anterior end, just posterior to corpus, indicated by cluster of ganglia surrounding proximal margin ofisthmus.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Whilst reservations here primarily concern epithelial cells prepared from the oviduct ampulla, corresponding reservations would apply to epithelial cells from theisthmus.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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