Usually means: Connective tissue stabilizing bones together.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. ligament: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ligament: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ligament: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ligament: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ligament: Vocabulary.com
  6. ligament: Wiktionary
  7. ligament: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. ligament: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ligament: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ligament: Dictionary.com
  11. ligament: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. ligament: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Ligament (bivalve), Ligament: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Ligament: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. ligament: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. ligament: Rhymezone
  17. Ligament: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. ligament: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. ligament: Free Dictionary
  20. ligament: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. ligament: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. Ligament, ligament: Wordnik
  23. ligament: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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  1. ligament: Legal dictionary

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  1. ligament: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Ligament: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. ligament: Natural Health glossary
  4. Ligament(s): Merck Manuals
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  6. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. ligament: Medical dictionary
  8. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Ligament: Drug Medical Dictionary
  10. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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  1. ligament: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

(Note: See ligamentous as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
noun:  (figurative) That which binds or acts as a ligament.

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