isthmus 
isth·mus (is′məs)
noun pl. -·muses or -·mi′-mī′
- a narrow strip of land having water at each side and connecting two larger bodies of land
- Anat.
- a narrow strip of tissue connecting two larger parts of an organ the isthmus of the thyroid
- a narrow passage between two larger cavities the isthmus of the fallopian tubes
Etymology: L < Gr isthmos, a neck, narrow passage, isthmus
Preposition: of
- panama: Dives or a watch future issues isthmus of panama.
Converse of subject
- join: Harris and Lewis are two islands joined by a narrow isthmus.
- connect: A disk and a square connected by thin isthmus form its main feature.
Converse of object
- cross: The most vulnerable part of the journey was crossing the isthmus of Panama in Central America.
- form: It grows caudally as a tubular duct which eventually divides to form the isthmus and lobes.
- call: They are linked together by a narrower portion of tissue called the isthmus.
- reach: Rodrigo de Bastidas, a wealthy notary public from Seville, was the first of many Spanish explorers to reach the isthmus.
Adjective modifier
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much.
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