ligament

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪɡəmənt/ === Noun === ligament (plural ligaments) (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones. (figurative) That which binds or acts as a ligament. 1845, Daniel Webster, oration on Justice Joseph Story Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sinew tendon === Anagrams === tegminal == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). Cf. also liement, possibly an inherited doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /li.ɡa.mɑ̃/ === Noun === ligament m (plural ligaments) ligament ==== Related terms ==== lier === Further reading === “ligament”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === lygament === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liˈɡaːmɛnt/, /ˈliɡamɛnt/ === Noun === ligament (plural ligamentes) A ligament or similar connecting tissue (e.g. a tendon) (rare) That which binds. ==== Descendants ==== English: ligament ==== References ==== “ligā̆ment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ligament, itself a borrowing from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). By surface analysis, liga +‎ -ment. Compare legământ, an inherited doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [li.ɡaˈment] === Noun === ligament n (plural ligamente) ligament ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === ligament n (anatomy) a ligament ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== ledband (“articular ligament”) sena (“tendon”) === References === “ligament”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “ligament”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “ligament”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH