Aponeuroses

[ap-uh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo-]

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noun, plural ap·o·neu·ro·ses

[-seez] . Anatomy.

a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.

Origin:
1670–80; < Greek aponeúrōsis the part of a muscle becoming a tendon, equivalent to aponeurō-, variant stem of aponeuroûn to change to tendon (see apo-, neuron) + -sis -sis

Related forms

ap·o·neu·rot·ic

[ap-uh-noo-rot-ik, -nyoo-] , adjective

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