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Word: Aponeurosis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek aponeurōsis, from apo ‘off, away’ + neuron ‘sinew’ + -osis
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌapənjʊˈrəʊsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sheet of pearly white fibrous tissue that takes the place of a tendon in flat muscles having a wide area of attachment.
Short Definition:sheet of pearly white fibrous tissue
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