aponeurosis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin aponeurōsis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌap.ə.njʊˈɹəʊ.sɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæp.ə.nʊˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
- Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Noun
[edit]aponeurosis (plural aponeuroses)
- (anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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Further reading
[edit]aponeurosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]- “aponeurosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “aponeurosis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπονεύρωσῐς (aponeúrōsis, “end of the muscle where it becomes tendinous”), from ἀ̆πονευρόομαι (aponeuróomai, “to become tendinous”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.po.neu̯ˈroː.sis/, [äpɔnɛu̯ˈroːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.po.neu̯ˈro.sis/, [äponeu̯ˈrɔːs̬is]
Noun
[edit]aponeurōsis f (genitive aponeurōsis); third declension (New Latin)
- (anatomy) An aponeurosis.
Inflection
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aponeurōsis | aponeurōsēs |
Genitive | aponeurōsis | aponeurōsium |
Dative | aponeurōsī | aponeurōsibus |
Accusative | aponeurōsem | aponeurōsēs aponeurōsīs |
Ablative | aponeurōse | aponeurōsibus |
Vocative | aponeurōsis | aponeurōsēs |
Derived terms
[edit]- aponeurōticus (adjective)
Descendants
[edit]→ English: aponeurosis
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]aponeurosis f (plural aponeurosis)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aponeurosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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