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aponeurosis

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Borrowed from New Latin aponeurōsis.

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Noun

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aponeurosis (plural aponeuroses)

  1. (anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπονεύρωσῐς (aponeúrōsis, “end of the muscle where it becomes tendinous”), from ἀ̆πονευρόομαι (aponeuróomai, “to become tendinous”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

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Noun

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aponeurōsis f (genitive aponeurōsis); third declension (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) An aponeurosis.

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aponeurōsis aponeurōsēs
Genitive aponeurōsis aponeurōsium
Dative aponeurōsī aponeurōsibus
Accusative aponeurōsem aponeurōsēs
aponeurōsīs
Ablative aponeurōse aponeurōsibus
Vocative aponeurōsis aponeurōsēs

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→ English: aponeurosis

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Noun

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aponeurosis f (plural aponeurosis)

  1. (anatomy) aponeurosis
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