desmography

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noun

The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments

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Meanings

noun
  1. The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments

    103. Antonio Augusto Ferreira Silva, M. D. Studies of sanitary desmography. Rio de Janeiro

    1893, Catalogue of the Brazilian Section at the World's Columbian Exposition, page 117
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    The muscle meridian is a summarization of the physiology and pathology of demic desmography, mycology and affiliated tissues on a platform of twelve circulation operating line based on the ancient anatomy understandings...

    2012, W Song, W Sun, Z Chen, L Jian, “The mechanical discussion of effect of muscle meridian on the treatment of arthralgia syndrome”, in 2012 IEEE International Conference

    In his book on desmography in 1752, Weitbrecht referred to “fibrous bunches that reinforce the capsule and bands that supplement the fixation of the semicircular cartilages (meniscus)”, but he did not provide further details as his work was purely descriptive.

    2017, Etienne Cavaignac, David Ancelin, Philippe Chiron, Jean-Louis Tricoire, Karine Wytrykowski, Marie Faruch, Elodie Chantalat, “Historical perspective on the “discovery” of the anterolateral ligament of the knee”, in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, volume 25, number 4

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Translations

French desmographie
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