Etymology

osseoaponeurotic

Today it means: Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀπό
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπό“from, away from”
  2. English todayosseoaponeurotic

From the Latin osseus (“bone”), and Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) plus νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon”), literally translated as "the end of the muscle where it becomes tendon".

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