- ligament
- lig|a|ment [ `lıgəmənt ] noun counta part inside your body that holds bones together or keeps organs in place
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Ligament — Diagram of the right knee. Typical joint In … Wikipedia
ligament — [ ligamɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1363; lat. ligamentum, de ligare « lier » 1 ♦ Faisceau de tissu fibreux blanchâtre, très résistant et peu extensible, unissant les éléments d une articulation. Ligaments articulaires, interosseux. Ligaments distendus, arrachés … Encyclopédie Universelle
ligament — LIGAMÉNT, ligamente, s.n. Fascicul de fibre conjunctive, tare şi puţin elastic, care leagă între ele, în articulaţii diferite, părţi ale scheletului sau ajută la fixarea viscerelor. – Din fr. ligament, lat. ligamentum. Trimis de LauraGellner,… … Dicționar Român
Ligament — Lig a*ment (l[i^]g [.a]*ment), n. [L. ligamentum, fr. ligare to bind; cf. f. ligament. Cf. {Lien}, n., {Ligature}.] 1. Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] Interwoven is the love… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ligament — ligàment (ligamȅnt) m <G mn nātā> DEFINICIJA anat. vezivno tkivo, povezuje kosti i osigurava čvrstoću zglobova; sveza ETIMOLOGIJA srlat. ligamentum: vez, zavoj … Hrvatski jezični portal
ligament — Ligament. s. m. Terme d anatomie. Certains tendons qui suspendent quelque partie du corps. Un ligament large. les ligaments du foye. les ligaments de la matrice. les ligaments des os de la cuisse &c … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Ligamént — (lat.), Band, Binde … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Ligament — Ligament, lat. dtsch., Band, Binde; L. e. die Bänder und Flechsen des animalischen Organismus … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
ligament — index chain (nexus) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ligàment — (ligamȅnt) m 〈G mn nātā〉 anat. vezivno tkivo, povezuje kosti i osigurava čvrstoću zglobova; sveza ✧ {{001f}}lat … Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika
ligament — late 14c., 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 ). Related: Ligamental; ligamentary … Etymology dictionary
