Definition of Ligament
1. Noun. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs.
Specialized synonyms: Falciform Ligament, Ligamentum Teres Uteri, Round Ligament Of The Uterus
Group relationships: Muscle System, Muscular Structure, Musculature
2. Noun. Any connection or unifying bond.
Definition of Ligament
1. n. Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.
Definition of Ligament
1. Noun. (anatomy) band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ligament
1. a band of firm, fibrous tissue [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ligament
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Literary usage of Ligament
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1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"ligament, COR'ONARY, OP THE LIV'ER, is a reflection formed by tho peritoneum,
between the posterior margin of the liver, and the lower surface of the ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"The round ligament on the right side at its midpoint is grasped with an Ellis clamp.
Traction on the clamp puts the ligament on the stretch and in this way ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It is placed in front of the middle fasciculus of the external lateral ligament
of the ankle-joint, with the fibres of which it is parallel. ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"External lateral ligament of the wrist joint Carpal joints Palmar ligaments of the
... ligament Great sacro-sciatic ligament Falciform process Small ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"In rotation outwards, however, the ligament is so much stretched as to be ...
It must be granted that the ligament can be of use only in that position in ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"... ligament as the principal etiological factor in the production of ... further,
because of the action of this ligament, he believes that ..."
7. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"The capsular ligament of the hip-joint was left entire, ... It was found that
the ligament was relaxed in all positions excepting in outward rotation with ..."
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