Found 3 items, similar to isthmus.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: isthmus pegentingan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: isthmus isthmus n 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 [also: isthmi (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Isthmus 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]