pinchcock

[ pinch-kok ]

noun

1. a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.

pinchcock

/ ˈpɪntʃˌkɒk /

noun

1. a clamp used to compress a flexible tube to control the flow of fluid through it

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinchcock¹

First recorded in 1870–75; pinch + cock ¹

Example Sentences

The esophagoscope encounters only the diaphragmatic pinchcock which seems to be at the top of the stomach like the puckering string at the top of a bag.

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It is simply the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open normally in the deglutitory cycle.

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The top of the stomach seems to be closed by the diaphragmatic pinchcock in the same way that the top of a bag is closed by a puckering string.

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The author has called the hiatal closure the "diaphragmatic pinchcock."

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The treatment of diffuse esophageal dilatation consists in dilating the "diaphragmatic pinchcock" that is, the hiatal esophagus.

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