See Also: Hey's ligament(medicine)
Ligament(medicine)
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ligament(dictionary)
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laciniate ligament(medicine)
jugal ligament(medicine)
ischiofemoral ligament(medicine)
ischiocapsular ligament(medicine)

naunt (iou) and ligament (iou)


naunt (iou)



naunt noun. [nɑ:nt] Now arch. & dial. E17.
[from misdivision of mine aunt (see AUNT) as my naunt. Cf. NUNCLE.]
Aunt.

ligament (iou)



ligament noun. LME.
[Latin ligamentum, from ligare bind, tie: see -MENT.]
A binding, a band, a tie; Surgery a bandage, a ligature. Long only fig. (arch.), a bond of union. LME.
Anatomy. A short band of tough flexible fibrous tissue which binds together bones or cartilages; any membranous fold which supports an organ and keeps it in position. LME.
cruciate ligament: see CRUCIATE adjective. nuchal ligament: see NUCHAL adjective. THYRO-ARYTENOID ligaments.
b. Zoology. Any similar part in lower organisms; spec. the elastic substance which holds together the valves of a bivalve shell. L18.
liga'mental adjective = ligamentous L16.
liga'mentary adjective = ligamentous M18.
liga'mentous adjective of, pertaining to, of the Nature of, or characteristic of a ligament or ligaments; composed of fibrous connective tissue: L17.