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aponeurosis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aponeurosis has 1 sense
- aponeurosis(n = noun.body) - any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons; is a kind of facia, fascia
Derived form adjective aponeurotic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
aponeurosis, n. [Gr. , fr. to pass into a tendon; from + to strain the sinews, sinew, tendon, nerve.].
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. [1913 Webster]
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