osseoaponeurotic

adjective

Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.

OriginAncient Greek ἀπό →
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Meanings

adjectiveosseoaponeurotic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyPertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀπό“from, away from”
  2. Englishosseoaponeurotic

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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