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aponeurosis

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. aponeurosis (noun)
  2. vertebral aponeurosis (noun)

apo·neu·ro·sis

noun \ˌa-pə-nu̇-ˈrō-səs, -nyu̇-\

Definition of APONEUROSIS

: a broad flat sheet of dense fibrous collagenous connective tissue that covers, invests, and forms the terminations and attachments of various muscles
— apo·neu·rot·ic \-ˈrä-tik\ adjective

Origin of APONEUROSIS

New Latin, from Greek aponeurōsis, from aponeurousthai to pass into a tendon, from apo- + neuron sinew — more at nerve
First Known Use: 1676

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