Medical Definition of transverse ligament
: any of various ligaments situated transversely with respect to a bodily axis or part: as
a
: the transverse part of the cruciate ligament of the atlas
b
: one in the anterior part of the knee connecting the anterior margins of the lateral and medial menisci
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