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Isthmus - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Isthmus : (noun)
1: a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides)
connecting two larger land areas
2: a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of an
anatomical structure
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ISTHMUS. A tongue or strip of land between two seas. Glos. on Law, 37, book
2, tit. 3, of the Dig.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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