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Webster 1913 Edition
Ligament
Lig′a-ment
(lĭg′ȧ-ment)
, Noun.
1.
Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.
Hawthorne.
Interwoven is the love of liberty with every
ligament
of your hearts. Washington.
2.
(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 stomachWebster 1828 Edition
Ligament
LIG'AMENT
,Noun.
1.
Any thing that ties or unites one thing or part to another.Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts.
2.
In anatomy, a strong, compact substance, serving to bind one bone to another. It is a white, solid inelastic, tendinous substance, softer than cartilage, but harder than membrane.3.
Bond; chain; that which binds or restrains.Definition 2024
ligament
ligament
English
Noun
ligament (plural ligaments)
- (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
- (figuratively) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
- Paraphrase of Daniel Webster, from his oration on Justice Joseph Story
- Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
- Paraphrase of Daniel Webster, from his oration on Justice Joseph Story
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Derived terms
Translations
band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
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Etymology
From Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).
Noun
ligament m (plural ligaments)