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lig·a·ment

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–noun

1.	Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.

2.	a tie or bond: The desire for personal freedom is a ligament uniting all peoples.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < ML ligāmentum, L: bandage, equiv. to ligā(re) to tie + -mentum -ment

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lig·a·ment Audio Help (lĭg'ə-mənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

Anatomy A sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages at a joint or supporting an organ.
A unifying or connecting tie or bond.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin ligāmentum, from Latin, bandage, from ligāre, to bind; see lien.]

lig'a·men'tal (-měn'tl), lig'a·men'ta·ry (-měn'tə-rē, -měn'trē), lig'a·men'tous adj.

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ligament

c.1400, from L. ligamentum "band, tie, ligature," from ligare "to bind, tie," from PIE *leig- "to bind" (cf. Alb. lith "I bind," M.L.G. lik "band," M.H.G. geleich "joint, limb").

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ligament
noun
1.	a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
2.	any connection or unifying bond

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ligament [ˈligəmənt] noun

a piece of tough substance that joins together the bones of the body
Example: She pulled a ligament in her knee when she fell.

Arabic:	رِباط
Chinese (Simplified):	韧带
Chinese (Traditional):	韌帶
Czech:	šlacha
Danish:	ledbånd
Dutch:	gewrichtsband
Estonian:	kõõlus
Finnish:	nivelside
French:	ligament
German:	das Band
Greek:	σύνδεσμος οστών
Hungarian:	(ín)szalag
Icelandic:	liðband
Indonesian:	ligamen
Italian:	legamento

Japanese:	靭帯
Korean:	인대
Latvian:	(anat. ) saite
Lithuanian:	raištis
Norwegian:	leddbånd
Polish:	wiązadło
Portuguese (Brazil):	ligamento
Portuguese (Portugal):	ligamento
Romanian:	ligament
Russian:	связка
Slovak:	šľacha
Slovenian:	vez
Spanish:	ligamento
Swedish:	ligament
Turkish:	bağ, lif, kiriş

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ligament Audio Help (lĭg'ə-mənt) Pronunciation Key
A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue that connects two bones or holds an organ of the body in place.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
ligament

A kind of fibrous connective tissue that binds bones or cartilage together.

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Ligament

Al*ly"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allied; p. pr. & vb. n. Allying.] [OE. alien, OF. alier, F. alier, fr. L. alligare to bind to; ad + ligare to bind. Cf. Alligate, Alloy, Allay, Ligament.]

1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.

O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. --Pope.

2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied. --Spenser.

The virtue nearest to our vice allied. --Pope.

Note: Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.

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