aponeurosis

2 definitions found

aponeurosis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aponeurosis \Ap`o*neu*ro"sis\, n.; pl. Aponeuroses. [Gr. ?,
     fr. ? to pass into a tendon; ? from + ? to strain the sinews,
     ? sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.)
     Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci[ae] 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]

aponeurosis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aponeurosis
      n 1: any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to
           bones; resemble flattened tendons