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Definitions for Ligament
[1] Anatomy , Zoology . a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
[2] a tie or bond: The desire for personal freedom is a ligament uniting all peoples.
[3] 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
[4] any physical or abstract connection or bond
Words related to Ligament
screw, tangle, network, relationship, hookup, element, contact, channel, tie, association, connection, link, hamstring, sinew, tissue, nexus, contortion, twist, whorl, perplexity
Words nearby Ligament
lifting body, lifting sail, liftoff, lig, lig snail, ligament, ligament of head of femur, ligamentopexis, ligamentous, ligamentum, ligan
Origin of Ligament
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ligāmentum, Latin: bandage, equivalent to ligā(re ) to tie + -mentum -ment
Other words from Ligament
lig′a•men′ tal (-mĕn′ tl ) null adj.
Word origin for Ligament
C14: from Medieval Latin ligāmentum, from Latin (in the sense: bandage), from ligāre to bind
Synonyms for Ligament
screw, tangle, bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tie, twirl, twist, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke, vinculum