Found 2 items, similar to aponeuroses.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: aponeuroses
aponeuroses
See
aponeurosis
aponeurosis
n : any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to
bones; resemble flattened tendons
[also:
aponeuroses (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Aponeuroses
Aponeurosis
\Ap`o*neu*ro"sis\, n.; pl.
Aponeuroses. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to pass into a tendon; ? from + ? to strain the sinews,
? sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.)
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci[ae] which
cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many
muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat
and thin. See
Fascia.
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