ligament
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ligament (plural ligaments)
- (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
- 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Christmas Banquet”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
- It so chanced that at this juncture the decayed ligaments of the skeleton gave way, and the dry bones fell together in a heap, thus causing the dusty wreath of cypress to drop upon the table.
- (figurative) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
- 1795 July, Alexander Hamilton, “The Defence of the Funding System”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton[1], volume 19, New York: Columbia University Press, published 1973, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40:
- It remains to mention one consideration which naturally occurred in the reflections upon the expediency of assuming the State Debts. This is its tendency to strengthen our infant Government by increasing the number of ligaments between the Government and the interests of Individuals.
- 1845, Daniel Webster, oration on Justice Joseph Story
- Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
Derived terms edit
- acrocoracohumeral ligament
- anterolateral ligament
- broad ligament
- capsular ligament
- cruciate ligament
- falciform ligament
- Hensing's ligament
- inguinal ligament
- lienophrenic ligament
- ligamental
- ligamentary
- ligamentous
- Lisfranc ligament
- medial collateral ligament
- oblique ligament
- ovarian ligament
- patellar ligament
- phrenicolienal ligament
- phrenicosplenic ligament
- Poupart's ligament
- round ligament
- spring ligament
- stylohyoid ligament
- suspensory ligament
- uterosacral ligament
Translations edit
band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). Cf. also liement, possibly an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ligament m (plural ligaments)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ligament”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ligament (plural ligamentes)
Descendants edit
- English: ligament
References edit
- “ligā̆ment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ligament, itself a borrowing from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). By surface analysis, liga + -ment. Compare legământ, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ligament n (plural ligamente)
Declension edit
Declension of ligament
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ligament | ligamentul | (niște) ligamente | ligamentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) ligament | ligamentului | (unor) ligamente | ligamentelor |
vocative | ligamentule | ligamentelor |