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ligament

[lig-uh-muhnt] / ˈlɪg ə mənt /




NOUN
tendon
Synonyms




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The PC also lost a large percentage of the skin from his back after landing on the road and is on a waiting list for ankle ligament reconstruction.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

That came with Leonard in street clothes, nursing a torn anterior cruciate ligament, an injury the Clippers kept secret until it was announced later that summer that their star player had surgery to repair it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Baleba is recovering from an ankle ligament injury suffered in pre-season and will need time to recover his match sharpness.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Tom Gayle: There is hole in Villa's midfield as a result of Tielemans' move to Manchester United as well as Amadou Onana's anterior cruciate ligament injury.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

It was obvious he was tentative, the knee looming as if all the bone and flesh and ligament and cartilage lay there exposed for everyone to take a shot at like some carnival game.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

These cells were concentrated around blood vessels and at locations where tendons and ligaments connect with nearby tissue.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 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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