APONEUROSIS


Meaning of APONEUROSIS in English

[apo.neu.ro.sis] n [NL, fr. Gk aponeurosis, fr. aponeurousthai to pass into a tendon, fr. apo- + neuron sinew--more at nerve] (1676): a broad flat sheet of dense fibrous collagenous connective tissue that covers, invests, and forms the terminations and attachments of various muscles -- apo.neu.rot.ic adj

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