Isthmuses

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Isthmus of the fauces}. (Anat.) See {Fauces}.
        [1913 Webster]