Word.ws English Dictionary

ligamentous

/lɪɡ.əˈmɛn.təs/

ligamentous adjective: of or pertaining to ligaments.

Adjective

ligamentous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to ligaments.
  2. Forming part of a ligament.

Origin of ligamentous

From ligament + -ous.

Words formed from ligamentous

Questions about ligamentous

What does ligamentous mean?
Ligamentous means of or pertaining to ligaments.
What part of speech is ligamentous?
Ligamentous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ligamentous?
Ligamentous is pronounced /lɪɡ.əˈmɛn.təs/.

Words near ligamentous in the dictionary

  1. ligamentomuscular
  2. ligamentoplasties
  3. ligamentoplasty
  4. ligamentotactic
  5. ligamentotaxis
  6. ligamentous
  7. ligamentously
  8. ligaments
  9. ligan
  10. ligand
  11. ligand field theory

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ligamentous (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ligamentous.wav.

Cite this entry: “ligamentous.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ligamentous. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.