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ligament

[lig-uh-muhnt] / ˈlɪg ə mənt /




NOUN
tendon
Synonyms




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The federation gave no further details but Macuga indicated in an Instagram post that she damaged her anterior cruciate ligament.

From Barron's

Arsenal teenager Katie Reid was called up to the last squad but was forced to withdraw when she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

From BBC

Scrum-half Dupont, 29, has been out since March after rupturing cruciate ligaments in his knee in France's Six Nations win over Ireland in Dublin in March.

From BBC

When Loyola High defensive lineman Andrew Hilton broke his fibula and suffered ligament damage to his ankle during the opening week of football practice last August, things looked bleak.

From Los Angeles Times

He fired 34 more pitches, with seemingly no regard for the condition of the ligaments in his elbow or the tendons in his shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal