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galea aponeurotica

/ˈɡæl.i.ə ˌæp.ə.n(j)ʊˈɹɑt.ɪk.ə/

galea aponeurotica is the alternative form of epicranial aponeurosis.

Meaning of epicranial aponeurosis

Noun

epicranial aponeurosis (plural epicranial aponeuroses)

  1. The aponeurosis underlying the scalp and linking the frontalis and occipitalis muscles.

Forms of galea aponeurotica

pluralgaleae aponeuroticae

Origin of galea aponeurotica

Borrowed from New Latin galea aponeurōtica (“aponeurotic helmet”).

Questions about galea aponeurotica

What is galea aponeurotica the alternative form of?
Galea aponeurotica is the alternative form of epicranial aponeurosis.
How do you pronounce galea aponeurotica?
Galea aponeurotica is pronounced /ˈɡæl.i.ə ˌæp.ə.n(j)ʊˈɹɑt.ɪk.ə/.

Words near galea aponeurotica in the dictionary

  1. Gale Crater
  2. gale force
  3. Gale's Lump
  4. Gale-Shapley algorithm
  5. galea
  6. galea aponeurotica
  7. galeae
  8. galeage
  9. galeal
  10. Galeana
  11. Galeanas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: galea aponeurotica (page history and authors); epicranial aponeurosis (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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