APONEUROSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: aponeuroses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("aponeurosis" is a kind of...):

facia; fascia (a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc)

Derivation:

aponeurotic (of or relating to an aponeurosis)

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