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lig·a·ment

(lĭg′ə-mənt)

1. Anatomy A sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages at a joint or supporting an organ.

2. A unifying or connecting tie or bond.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin ligāmentum, from Latin, bandage, from ligāre, to bind; see lien.]

lig′a·men′tal (-mĕn′tl), lig′a·men′ta·ry (-mĕn′tə-rē, -mĕn′trē), lig′a·men′tous adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ligament

(ˈlɪɡəmənt)

1. (Anatomy) anatomy any one of the bands or sheets of tough fibrous connective tissue that restrict movement in joints, connect various bones or cartilages, support muscles, etc

2. any physical or abstract connection or bond

[C14: from Medieval Latin ligāmentum, from Latin (in the sense: bandage), from ligāre to bind]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lig•a•ment

(ˈlɪg ə mənt)

n.

1. a band of strong connective tissue serving to connect bones or hold organs in place.

2. a tie or bond: The desire for freedom is a ligament uniting all peoples.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ligāmentum, Latin: bandage <ligā(re) to tie. See -ment]

lig·a·ment

(lĭg′ə-mənt)

A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue that connects two bones or holds an organ of the body in place.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ligament

Fibrous tissue that connects bones.

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Noun	1.	ligament - a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments falciform ligament - a ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall ligamentum teres uteri, round ligament of the uterus - ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora muscle system, muscular structure, musculature - the muscular system of an organism
	2.	ligament - any connection or unifying bond attachment, bond - a connection that fastens things together binder, ligature - something used to tie or bind chain - a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament wire - ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

ligament

noun

That which unites or binds:

bond, knot, ligature, link, nexus, tie, vinculum, yoke.

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[ˈlɪgəmənt] N → ligamento m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ligament

(ˈligəmənt) noun

a piece of tough substance that joins together the bones of the body. She pulled a ligament in her knee when she fell.ligamento

lig·a·ment

n. ligamento.

1. banda de fibras de tejido conjuntivo que protege las articulaciones y evita que sufran torceduras o luxaciones;

2. banda protectora de fascias y músculos que conectan o sostienen vísceras;

acromioclavicular ___ → ___ acromioclavicular;

alveolo-dental ___ → ___ alveolodentario;

anococcygeal ___ → ___ anococcígeo;

brachiocubital ___ → ___ braquiocubital;

capsular ___ → ___ capsular;

gastrocholic ___ → ___ gastrocólico;

glossoepiglottic ___ → ___ glosoepiglótico;

hepatoduodenal ___ → ___ hepatoduodenal;

iliofemoral ___ → ___ iliofemoral;

___ tear → desgarre del ___;

long plantar ___ → ___ largo del plantar;

palmar ___ → ___ palmar;

radiocubital ___ → ___ radiocubital;

sternoclavicular ___ → ___ esternoclavicular;

trapezoid ___ → ___ trapezoide.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

ligament

n ligamento; anterior cruciate — ligamento cruzado anterior

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And the two of them, laying him east and west, that the mysterious earth-currents which thrill the clay of our bodies might help and not hinder, took him to pieces all one long afternoon - bone by bone, muscle by muscle, ligament by ligament, and lastly, nerve by nerve.

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It is the conductor which communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit, the shock of pride of birth and rank, which it has not within itself, but derives from a fountain-head beyond; or, like the ligament which unites the Siamese twins, it contains something of the life and essence of two distinct bodies, and yet belongs to neither.

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When kept in a room, the tucutucos move both slowly and clumsily, which appears owing to the outward action of their hind legs; and they are quite incapable, from the socket of the thigh-bone not having a certain ligament, of jumping even the smallest vertical height.

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Every kind of finer tendon and ligament that is in the nature of poultry to possess is developed in these specimens in the singular form of guitar-strings.

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These cases are the more worthy of our attention, as the external causes by which the component parts were pressed together were much more numerous and powerful than in our case; and consequently less powerful ligaments within would be sufficient to bind the members to the head, and to each other.

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Here, on this wild outskirt of the earth, I shall pitch my tent; for, elsewhere a wanderer, and isolated from human interests, I find here a woman, a man, a child, amongst whom and myself there exist the closest ligaments. No matter whether of love or hate: no matter whether of right or wrong!

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Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin.

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The young men whose duty it was to guard the prisoner instantly passed their ligaments of bark across his arms, and led him from the lodge, amid a profound and ominous silence.

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The heavy and brisk blows that he struck were soon succeeded by the thundering report of the tree, as it came, first cracking and threatening with the separation of its own last ligaments, then threshing and tearing with its branches the tops of its surrounding brethren, and finally meeting the ground with a shock but little inferior to an earthquake.

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The ulnar attachment of the TFC was composed of two distinct laminas, also refer to the triangular ligament [Figure 1] and [Figure 2].

High-resolution 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex in Chinese Wrists: Correlation with Cross-sectional Anatomy

John suffered an injury to his knee playing rugby, rupturing what was probably his anterior cruciate ligament. Upon arrival at hospital he was diagnosed with patella dislocation and sent home.

Multiple ligament reconstruction of the knee

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