aponeurosis

American  

[ap-uh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo-] / ˌæp ə nʊˈroʊ sɪs, -nyʊ- /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

aponeuroses

1. a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.

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aponeurosis British  

/ ˌæpənjʊəˈrɒtɪk, ˌæpənjʊəˈrəʊsɪs /

noun

1. anatomy a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones

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Other Word Forms

• aponeurotic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of aponeurosis

1670–80; < Greek aponeúrōsis the part of a muscle becoming a tendon, equivalent to aponeurō-, variant stem of aponeuroûn to change to tendon ( see apo-, neuron) + -sis -sis

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Example Sentences

The Elevator takes its rise in the bottom of the Orbit of the Eye, and is fastned by a large Aponeurosis to the edge of the upper Eye-Lid.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel