Ligament

['lɪgəm(ə)nt] or ['lɪɡəmənt]

Definition

(noun.) any connection or unifying bond.

(noun.) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs.

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Definition

(n.) Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.

(n.) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.

(n.) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Band, ligature.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Bond, band, bandage, ligature, brace, strap, girth

ANT:Divulsion, discerption, disconnection, fracture, dislocation, severance,laceration, splinter, breach, disbandment, shield, fender, disconnector

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Definition

n. anything that binds: (anat.) the membrane connecting the movable bones: a bond of union.—adjs. Ligament′al Ligament′ous composing or resembling a ligament.—ns. Ligā′tion act of binding: state of being bound; Lig′ature anything that binds: a bandage: (mus.) a line connecting notes: (print.) a type of two letters: (med.) a cord for tying the blood-vessels &c.: impotence produced by magic.—adj. Lig′atured bound by a ligature.

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