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Ligament Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Ligament has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs

2

any connection or unifying bond

3

A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
connective tissue attachment
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
falciform ligament round ligament of the uterus binder chain wire
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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