aponeurosis

Other forms: aponeuroses

Definitions of aponeurosis
  1. noun
    any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
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    type of:
    facia, fascia
    a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
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