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ligament

[ lig-uh-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
a tie or bond:
The desire for personal freedom is a ligament uniting all peoples.

ligament

/ ˈlɪɡəmənt /

anatomy any one of the bands or sheets of tough fibrous connective tissue that restrict movement in joints, connect various bones or cartilages, support muscles, etc
any physical or abstract connection or bond

ligament

/ lĭg′ə-mənt /

A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue that connects two bones or holds an organ of the body in place.

ligament

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ligāmentum, Latin: bandage, equivalent to ligā ( re ) to tie + -mentum -ment

C14: from Medieval Latin ligāmentum, from Latin (in the sense: bandage), from ligāre to bind

That night Gasol hobbled off his home court with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.

Weeks later, doctors reexamined the shoulder and found a partial ligament tear, she said.

Daniel Webster said justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

That action puts a stress in the anterior cruciate ligament.

A ceratohyal then is attached posteriorly to the hypohyal and a stylohyal ligament is attached to each ceratohyal posteriorly.

His eyes shone, his chin was thrust forward, every ligament in his body was strung taut.

If the ligament of a gaping bivalve should become dry and stiff, it can be softened by putting it in water.

When bivalves gape on dying in water, or if the ligament be broken, the valves should be closed and tied together.

Care should be taken not to injure the edge or lip of the mouth of univalves, or the ligament of the hinge of bivalves.

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