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1. (n.) ligament
a band of strong connective tissue serving to connect bones or hold organs in place.
2. ligament
a tie or bond:
The desire for freedom is a ligament uniting all peoples.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < ML ligāmentum, L: bandage <ligā(re) to tie. See -ment)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ligament
a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
2. (noun) ligament
any connection or unifying bond
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1. (noun) ligament
anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond
2. (noun) ligament
a tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints
3. (noun) ligament
a band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach
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Sense: a piece of tough substance that joins together the bones of the body
She pulled a ligament in her knee when she fell.
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 Afrikaans: ligament |
 Arabic: رِباط |
 Bulgarian: сухожилие |
 Brazilian: ligamento |
 Czech: šlacha |
 German: das Band |
 Danish: ledbånd |
 Greek: σύνδεσμος οστών |
 Spanish: ligamento |
 Estonian: kõõlus |
 Farsi: رباط |
 Finnish: nivelside |
 French: ligament |
 Hebrew: רְצוּעָה |
 Hindi: स्नायु रज्जुक |
 Croatian: ligament |
 Hungarian: (ín)szalag |
 Indonesian: ligamen |
 Icelandic: liðband |
 Italian: legamento |
 Japanese: 靭帯 |
 Korean: 인대(靭帶) |
 Lithuanian: raištis |
 Latvian: (anat. ) saite |
 Malay: ligamen |
 Dutch: gewrichtsband |
 Norwegian: leddbånd |
 Polish: wiązadło |
 Persian: پيوند،اتصال مانند در استخ |
 Pashto: بيرته يو ځاى كول |
 Portuguese: ligamento |
 Romanian: ligament |
 Russian: связка |
 Slovak: šľacha |
 Slovenian: vez |
 Serbian: ligament |
 Swedish: ligament |
 Thai: เอ็น |
 Turkish: bağ, lif, kiriş |
 Taiwanese: 韌帶 |
 Ukrainian: зв'язка |
 Urdu: رباطی بندھن یا ریشہ |
 Vietnamese: dây chằng |
 Chinese: 韧带 |
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