aponeurotic

 [ap-uh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo-]  

ap·o·neu·ro·sis

   [ap-uh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo-]
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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aponeurosis (ˌæpənjʊəˈrəʊsɪs)
 
—n , pl -ses
anatomy a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
 
[C17: via New Latin from Greek, from aponeurousthai to change into a tendon, from neuron tendon]
 
aponeurotic
 
—adj

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