aponeurosis

Borrowed from New Latin aponeurōsis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌap.ə.njʊˈɹəʊ.sɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæp.ə.nʊˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

aponeurosis (plural aponeuroses)

1. (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.

• aponeurosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “aponeurosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “aponeurosis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπονεύρωσῐς (aponeúrōsĭs, “end of the muscle where it becomes tendinous”), from ἀ̆πονευρόομαι (ăponeuróomai, “to become tendinous”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.pɔ.nɛu̯ˈroː.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.po.neu̯ˈrɔː.s̬is]

aponeurōsis f (genitive aponeurōsis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) An .

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• aponeurōticus (adjective)

→ English: aponeurosis

aponeurosis f (plural aponeurosis)

1. (anatomy) aponeurosis

• “aponeurosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024