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noun

Ligament n.

Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond. "Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts."

(Anat.)

(a)

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

(b)

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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Etymology of 'Ligament'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ligament" Quotes from Famous Books

... troubling her, so it appeared, all the morning; but she had said nothing, not wishing to alarm her mother. Ethelbertha, who thinks it may be hereditary—she herself having had an aunt who had suffered from contracted ligament—fixed her up as comfortably as the pain would permit with cushions in the centre of the back seat; and the rest of us toiled ...

— They and I • Jerome K. Jerome

... the groin canal from the abdominal cavity before birth and in congenital rupture, left too big an opening. In acquired rupture, these natural openings were enlarged by lifting, falls, etc. The round ligament of the womb goes down through this canal and sometimes there is too large an opening left or acquired ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... of the choroid coat, where the ciliary ligament begins, is fixed a moveable and curious membrane, called the iris; this membrane has a perforation in the middle, called the pupil, for the admission of the rays of light. The iris is composed of two kinds of fibres: those of the one sort ...

— Popular Lectures on Zoonomia - Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease • Thomas Garnett

Words linked to "Ligament" : binder, round ligament of the uterus, musculature, muscular structure, bond, muscle system, ligamentum teres uteri, falciform ligament