aponeurosis
UK/ˌap.ə.njʊˈɹəʊ.sɪs/US/ˌæp.ə.nʊˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
aponeurosis noun: 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.
Noun
aponeurosis (plural aponeuroses)
aponeurosis meaning in Tamil and Arabic
aponeurosis in Tamil
- தசைநார் பிணைப்பு, தசை நாண்படலம், தசைச்சவ்வு, தசைத்தாள்
aponeurosis in Arabic
- Translations
- وَتَر عَرِيض watar ʕarīḍ
Forms of aponeurosis
| plural | aponeuroses |
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Origin of aponeurosis
Borrowed from New Latin aponeurōsis.
Words formed from aponeurosis
Words that rhyme with aponeurosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
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- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about aponeurosis
- What does aponeurosis mean?
- Aponeurosis means 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.
- What is aponeurosis in Tamil?
- Aponeurosis in Tamil is தசைநார் பிணைப்பு, தசை நாண்படலம், தசைச்சவ்வு. See Aponeurosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aponeurosis?
- Aponeurosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aponeurosis?
- Aponeurosis is pronounced /ˌap.ə.njʊˈɹəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aponeurosis?
- The plural of aponeurosis is aponeuroses.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aponeurosis (page history and authors); aponeurosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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