ligamentumn.
/ˌlɪɡəˈmɛntəm/ Anatomy.
Used in numerous modern Latin collocations to designate ligaments of the body.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun]
sinec725
sinewOE
stringc1000
bend1398
nerfa1400
nervea1400
cordc1400
ligamentc1400
ligaturec1400
couple1535
chord?1541
lien?1541
tendon?1541
tendant1614
artery1621
leader1708
ligamentum1713
chorda1807
vinculum1859
Tenon's capsule1868
tendo1874
1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body i. ix. 30 One large Gland..seated in a Sinus at the bottom of the Acetabulum of the Os Innominatum, which is compress'd by the Ligamentum Teres.
1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 128 The ligamentum nuchæ is a narrow ligamentous structure situated in the cervical region between the trapezius muscle of each side.
1877 W. Turner Introd. Human Anat. II. vi. 335 By its circumference or ciliary border the iris is not only continuous with the ciliary processes, but is connected by fibres, termed ligamentum pectinatum, with the posterior elastic lamina of the cornea.
1913 Cunningham's Text-bk. Anat. (ed. 4) 308 The laminæ of adjoining vertebræ are bound together by the ligamenta flava (O.T. subflava).., which consist of yellow elastic fibres.
1956 Nature 10 Mar. 467/2 Elastic fibres from ox ligamentum nuchæ, when treated with..acetic acid solution.., are apparently devoid of collagen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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