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with Anu GargisthmusPRONUNCIATION:
(IS-muhs)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A narrow strip of land with water on each side, joining two larger
land masses, for example, the Isthmus of Panama.
2. A narrow strip of tissue joining two large organs or cavities.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin isthmus, from Greek isthmos (a neck of land).
USAGE:
"As a young man [Nathaniel] Hawthorne had been a recluse. His gift of
vision made him different, as he walked an isthmus between time and
eternity."Patrick J. Walsh; Hawthorne's God; Weekly Standard (Washington, DC); Jan 2, 2006. See more usage examples of isthmus in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Modern technology / Owes ecology / An apology. -Alan M. Eddison
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