ligament
English
/ˈlɪɡəmənt/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
- (figurative) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum.
Origin
Latin
ligāmentum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- capsuloligamentous English
- extraligamentous English
- intraligamentary English
- intraligamentous English
- juxtaligamental English
- labroligamentous English
- ligamental English
- ligamentary English
- ligamentomuscular English
- ligamentoplasty English
- ligamentotaxis English
- ligamentous English
- multiligament English
- muscular English
- musculoligamental English
- musculoligamentous English
- osteoligamentous English
- preligamentous English
- subligamental English
- subligamentous English
- supraligamentous English
- taxis English
- transligamentous English
- ligāmentum Latin
- legamento Italian
- liement French
- ligament French
- ligamento Spanish, Castilian
- ligamento Portuguese
- lligament Catalan, Valencian
- ligamento Galician
- legământ Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ligãmintu Aromanian
- leament Friulian
- taxis
- muscular
- ligamental
- ligamentous
- ligamentary
- subligamental
- multiligament
- subligamentous
- ligamentotaxis
- preligamentous
- juxtaligamental
- ligamentoplasty
- supraligamentous
- osteoligamentous
- intraligamentary
- labroligamentous
- extraligamentous
- transligamentous
- intraligamentous
- ligamentomuscular
- musculoligamental
- capsuloligamentous
- musculoligamentous