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ligament

[lig-uh-muhnt] / ˈlɪg ə mənt /




NOUN
tendon
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Gorden missed Angel City’s inaugural season after tearing her left anterior cruciate ligament in preseason training.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Surgery can repair the torn ligament, but fixing the immediate injury does not necessarily prevent long-term joint damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

For older players, Tommy John surgery—a ligament repair and reconstruction named for the major league pitcher it was first performed on and widespread among pros—is on the rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

After consulting both club and national team coaches, Caluori opted to play through his pain and wait until the summer for an operation to reconnect the ligament.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Every muscle, tendon, and ligament in their bodies was burning with pain, but they were rowing beyond pain, rowing in perfect, flawless harmony.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

This protein is essential for healthy connective tissue, helping support structures throughout the body, including blood vessels, bones, ligaments, skin, and eyes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Ed Lee is an Orlando-based endocrinologist who is hopeful for compounding approvals, especially for BPC-157, which is popular in the wellness community for its purported ability to repair tissues, including muscles and ligaments.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Rick Seah, a doctor who treats athletes and dancers at the U.K.’s Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, said ballet dancers need strength and endurance in their muscles and ligaments to reach and maintain many complex positions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"It grew so vast and so wide and for so long, on nerves and ligaments that are attached to my legs," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

You can see her like muscles and tendons and ligaments and stuff through the lesions.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson


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