Definitions
Tough tissue connecting bones or supporting organs.
Word origin
From Middle English ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).
Used in a sentence
“It so chanced that at this juncture the decayed ligaments of the skeleton gave way, and the dry bones fell together in a heap, thus causing the dusty wreath of cypress to drop upon the table.”
“Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.”
“1845, Daniel Webster, oration on Justice Joseph Story Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.”
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01“bone tie”8 letters
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