Definitions of isthmus in English
noun
(1) A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides
(2) A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
(3) A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
(4) A narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [also: isthmi (pl)]
Examples of isthmus in English
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(2) At 20 miles long and four to eight miles wide, the isthmus connects central Greece with the Peloponnese peninsula.
(3) He goes over to where Paterson had started to direct construction of a great highway over the isthmus to the Pacific Ocean.
(4) After the Darien experience, participatory mapping initiatives took root during the 1990s along the Central American isthmus .
(5) It has 2 lobes, called the right lobe and the left lobe, joined by a narrow isthmus .
(6) The method diffused rapidly and initiatives developed up and down the Central American isthmus during the 1990s.
(7) Thoracic aortic injuries most often occur at the aortic isthmus in the majority of the cases.
(8) It had once been an island city, but Alexander the Great had conquered it by building an isthmus from the mainland out to the island.
(9) The town in on the west side; on the north a narrow isthmus (neutral ground) connects the fortress with the mainland of Spain.
(10) The green is cleverly set into a tiny isthmus so that water surrounds three sides.
(11) The adult gland weighs 10-20 g and consists of two relatively flat oval lobes linked by an isthmus .
(12) The southern region is a narrow isthmus with hills running down the center.
(13) Only one study to date has used calibration points from the fossil record to estimate the divergence of sister species distributed on both sides of the isthmus .
(14) The toll for crossing the isthmus could easily be a week's salary for a campesino.
(15) The narrow isthmus , heavily defended by the Turks, was their battlefield for the next eight months.
(16) Behind him was a narrow isthmus leading to Charlestown, and before him was his goal: the besieged city of Boston.
(17) The cervix forms the lower third, connected by a narrow isthmus to the main muscular body of the uterus.
(18) The isthmus of Land's End was supposedly once connected to the Scilly Isles.
(19) In the south-east a narrow isthmus enlarges to a knot of salt ponds.
(20) It is joined to the main island by a narrow isthmus .
synonyms of isthmus
band
