ligamentous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- interligamentary adjective
- interligamentous adjective
- ligamentously adverb
Etymology
Origin of ligamentous
Example Sentences
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The letter added that "these injuries which include fractures, ligamentous tears, dislocated shoulders, spinal injuries, and head injuries can have short-term, life-long, and life-ending consequences for children."
From US News
"These injuries, which include fractures, ligamentous tears, dislocated shoulders, spinal injuries and head injuries can have short-term, lifelong and life-ending consequences for children."
From BBC
He was prolific in his final two years in spite of a season-ending torn left anterior cruciate ligament in 2011 that kept him out of football in 2012 after he tore the ligamentous graft during preseason camp.
From Washington Times
A far better mode of proceeding is, when the pig is young, to cut through the cartilaginous and ligamentous prolongations, by which the supplementary bone is united to the proper nasals.
From Project Gutenberg
A strong ligamentous band behind the metapodium, arising from near the upper extremity of its posterior surface, divides into two at its lower end, and each division, being first connected with one of the paired upper sesamoid bones, passes by the side of the first phalanx to join the extensor tendon of the phalanges.
From Project Gutenberg
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