单词 | ligamentous |
释义 | ligamentousadj. a. Of the nature of, or characteristic of, a ligament; composed of the tissue proper to ligaments. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > of nature of ligamental1578 sinewy1578 ligamentous1683 ligamentary1744 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. vi. 9 A Muscle, which is one while ligamentous and nervous, and otherwhiles fleshy. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Plants Those [plants] that are not woody may be reduced to six Sorts, viz. the fibrous, ligamentous, bulbous [etc.]. 1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 23 All ligamentous parts..are weak in their vital powers. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 32 It had unfortunately acquired a ligamentous adhesion to the orbicular ligament of the hip. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 409 The second kind of articulation, the ligamentous, he affirms takes place only in orthopterous and some neuropterous insects. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 28 Ligamentous fibres bind together the margins of the apposed articular surfaces. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 119 The tongue consists merely of ligamentous or cellular substance. b. Pertaining to the ligaments of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] sinewish1530 ligamentous1804 ligamentary1816 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 563 Gouty, or ligamentous and tendinous inflammation. Derivatives ligaˈmentously adv. by ligaments. ΚΠ 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 609 Being also connected ligamentously with the scapulæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1683 |
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