different between aponeurosis vs ligaments

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin aponeur?sis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ap.?.nj?????.s?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æp.?.n???o?.s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

aponeurosis (plural aponeuroses)

1. (anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.

Derived terms

• aponeurology
• aponeurotic

Translations

References

• “aponeurosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “aponeurosis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (aponeúr?sis, “end of the muscle where it becomes tendinous”), from ????????????? (aponeuróomai, “to become tendinous”) +? -??? (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.po.neu??ro?.sis/, [äp?n?u???o?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.po.neu??ro.sis/, [?p?n?u??r??s?is]

Noun

aponeur?sis f (genitive aponeur?sis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) An aponeurosis.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

• aponeur?ticus (adjective)

Descendants

? English: aponeurosis

Spanish

Noun

aponeurosis f (plural aponeurosis)

1. (anatomy) aponeurosis

Related terms

• aponeurótico

Further reading

• “aponeurosis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

ligaments

1. plural of ligament

Anagrams

• malignest

French

Noun

ligaments m

1. plural of ligament