Ligament Definition

lĭgə-mənt
ligaments
noun
A bond or tie connecting one thing with another.
Webster's New World
A band of tough tissue connecting bones or holding organs in place.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ligament

Noun

Singular:
ligament
Plural:
ligaments

Origin of Ligament

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin ligāmentum from Latin bandage from ligāre to bind lien

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind").

    From Wiktionary

Ligament Sentence Examples

  • Shell equivalve, with radiating costae and external ligament.

  • Each ligament is made of many strands or fibers of a material called collagen, which is extremely strong.

  • Dale Binns is new Stevenage manager Mark Stimson's only headache, having injured a knee ligament in the build-up to the season.

  • An MRI scan was arranged which revealed the anterior cruciate ligament to be ruptured.

  • Instead the torn ligament must be replaced by a graft.

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Words Starting With

LLILIG

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With L and Ending With T

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With L8 Letter Words Ending With T