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"LIGAMENTS" is a plural of: ligament. |
Date "LIGAMENTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue connecting together articular extremities of bones. They are pliant, tough, and inextensile. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: LIGAMENTS |
| English words defined with "LIGAMENTS": connective tissue ♦ Desmology ♦ elastic tissue, epicondyle ♦ Iliofemoral, Interarticular, Intercarpal, Intersesamoid ♦ musculoskeletal system ♦ naprapathy ♦ pull ♦ relaxin, Retinaculum ♦ Sacrosciatic, Scleroskeleton, sprain, Syndesmography, Syndesmology, Syndesmosis ♦ twist ♦ Unthread ♦ Vocal tube ♦ wrench. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LIGAMENTS": Adnexa Uteri, ATHLETIC TRAINER ♦ Cumulative Trauma Disorders ♦ Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal ♦ Joint Instability ♦ Lateral Ligament, Ankle ♦ Musculoskeletal Diseases ♦ Simpson operation. (references) |
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Lyrics | So I can rip through the ligaments (Warning; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Ligaments. / Engraved and printed by W. and A.K. Johnston. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The vertebrae are linked by ligaments, tendons, and muscles. (references) | |
Many cases of back pain are caused by stresses on the muscles and ligaments that support the spine. (references) | ||
Special devices, such as splints or braces, used to treat problems of the muscles, ligaments, or bones of the skeletal system. (references) | ||
Business | Titanium staple is reimbursed for osteotomy, but not for use on ligaments. (references) | |
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| "LIGAMENTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LIGAMENTS" is used about 142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 142 | 26,554 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "LIGAMENTS": Collateral Ligaments ♦ Longitudinal Ligaments. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "LIGAMENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | tyktarmens ligamenter (ligaments of large intestine), plicae vesico-uterinae (vesicouterine ligaments), plicae alares (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), Nuhn's ligamenter (Nuhn ligaments), knaeleddets ligamenter (knee ligaments), interspinale membraner (Weitbrecht ligaments), Cleland's ligamenter (Cleland skin ligaments), Berry's ligamenter (Berry ligaments), bækkenligamenter (pelvic ligaments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ligamenten van Berry (Berry ligaments), plicae vesico-uterinae (vesicouterine ligaments), kniegewrichtsbanden (knee ligaments), huidligamenten van Cleland (Cleland skin ligaments), banden van het bekken (pelvic ligaments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | ligaments suspenseurs de la thyroïde (Berry ligaments), ligaments péritonéaux du colon (ligaments of large intestine), ligaments du genou (knee ligaments), ligaments du bassin (pelvic ligaments), ligaments de Cleland (Cleland skin ligaments), ligaments de Berry (Berry ligaments), ligament palmant interdigital (superficial transverse ligaments of palm), replis vésico-utérins (vesicouterine ligaments), replis alaires (alar ligaments), ossification ligamentaire (ossification of ligaments), ossification des ligaments (ossification of ligaments), bandelette transverse sous-cutanée des orteils (superficial transverse ligaments of sole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Ligamentum palmare transversum subcutaneum (superficial transverse ligaments of palm), Ligamentum natatorium plantare (superficial transverse ligaments of sole), Ligamentum natatorium palmare (superficial transverse ligaments of palm), Plicae vesicouterinae (vesicouterine ligaments), Plicae alares (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), Nuhn-Bänder (Nuhn ligaments), Membrana interspinalis Weitbrecht (Weitbrecht ligaments), Kniegelenk (knee joint), Fasciculi transversi aponeurosis plantaris (superficial transverse ligaments of sole), Fasciculi transversi aponeurosis palmaris (superficial transverse ligaments of palm), Dickdarmbaender (ligaments of large intestine), Cleland Ligamente (Cleland skin ligaments), Berry Baender (Berry ligaments), Beckenbaender (pelvic ligaments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυστιομητρική πτυχή (vesicouterine ligaments), σύνδεσμοι του παχέος εντέρου (ligaments of large intestine), σύνδεσμοι Cleland (Cleland skin ligaments), σύνδεσμος του γονάτου (knee ligaments), σύνδεσμος του Berry (Berry ligaments), σπόνδυλοι της πυέλου (pelvic ligaments), μεσακάνθιος υμήν του Weitbrecht (Weitbrecht ligaments), πτερυγοειδείς πτυχές της κατά γόνυ διαρθρώσεως (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | legamenti di Cleland (Cleland skin ligaments), legamenti del ginocchio (knee ligaments), legamenti alari della rotula (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), pliche alari della rotula (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), apparato legamentoso di Weitbrecht (Weitbrecht ligaments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | igamentslay ligamentos peritonais do cólon (ligaments of large intestine), ligamentos do joelho (knee ligaments), ligamentos de Weitbrecht (Weitbrecht ligaments), ligamentos de Clelan (Cleland skin ligaments), ligamentos alares (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), pregas vesico-uterinas (vesicouterine ligaments). (various references) ligamentos vesicouterinos (vesicouterine ligaments), ligamentos peritoneales del colón (ligaments of large intestine), ligamentos de Nuhn (Nuhn ligaments), ligamentos de la pelvis (pelvic ligaments), ligamentos de Cleland (Cleland skin ligaments), ligamentos de Berry (Berry ligaments), ligamentos alares (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), pliegues alares (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), membrana interespinal de Weitbrecht (Weitbrecht ligaments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"LIGAMENTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: legament, ligamenta, ligamentis, ligment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "LIGAMENTS" (pronounced li"gumunts) |
| 6 | -u m u n t s | accompaniments, arguments, armaments, complements, condiments, documents, elements, experiments, filaments, impediments, implements, increments, instruments, monuments, ornaments, parliaments, predicaments, regiments, rudiments, sacraments, sediments, sentiments, supplements, temperaments, tenements, tournaments. |
| 5 | -m u n t s | abandonments, abatements, accomplishments, accouterments, achievements, adjustments, advancements, advertisements, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amusements, announcements, apartments, appointments, arraignments, arrangements, assessments, assignments, attachments, basements, battlements, blandishments, bombardments, claimants, commandments, commitments, compartments, copayments, curtailments, deferments, departments, deployments, derailments, developments, disagreements, disappointments, disbursements, displacements, divestments, embarrassments, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, environments, equipments, escarpments, establishments, figments, formants, fragments, garments, governments, impairments, impeachments, impoundments, improvements, incitements, indictments, inducements, informants, infringements, installments, investments, involvements, judgements, judgments, managements, measurements, misjudgments, misstatements, moments, movements, overpayments, overstatements, pavements, payments, pigments, placements, postponements, prepayments, procurements, pronouncements, punishments, readjustments, realignments, reassignments, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, reimbursements, reinforcements, repayments, replacements, requirements, resentments, restatements, retirements, retrenchments, segments, settlements, shipments, statements, treatments, undergarments, underpayments. |
| 4 | -u n t s | abortifacients, accelerants, accidents, accountants, adherents, adolescents, agents, ancients, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, applicants, aspirants, assailants, assistants, astringents, attendants, belligerents, celebrants, clients, coefficients, combatants, complainants, components, consonants, constants, constituents, consultants, contaminants, contestants, continents, contingents, coolants, cormorants, correspondents, covenants, Crosscurrents, currents, decedents, decongestants, defendants, defoliants, delinquents, deodorants, dependents, depressants, descendants, descendents, detergents, determinants, deterrents, deviants, disinfectants, dispersants, dissidents, docents, elephants, emigrants, entrants, equivalents, exponents, fluorescents, frequents, giants, grandparents, hydrants, immigrants, incidents, incompetents, incumbents, independents, indigents, infants, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, insurgents, irritants, lieutenants, litigants, lubricants, merchants, migrants, militants, miscreants, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, opponents, oxidants, pageants, parents, participants, patents, patients, peasants, pennants, pheasants, pollutants, precedents, presents, propellants, proponents, protestants, reagents, recipients, refrigerants, Regents, registrants, remnants, residents, respondents, rodents, savants, sealants, sergeants, serpents, servants, solvents, stimulants, students, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, talents, tenants, torrents, transients, tyrants, undercurrents, vagrants, variants, warrants. |
| 3 | -n t s | accents, accounts, affronts, amounts, ants, appoints, aunts, ballpoints, blueprints, blunts, brents, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, comments, complaints, compliments, confidants, confronts, consents, constraints, contents, counts, croissants, dachshunds, debutantes, dents, descents, disappoints, discontents, discounts, dissents, eggplants, events, ferments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fonts, footprints, forints, fronts, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, implants, imprints, intents, invents, jaunts, joints, laments, malcontents, mints, misrepresents, mounts, paints, pants, percents, pinpoints, pints, plants, points, portents, presidents, prevents, prints, punts, quints, recounts, rents, represents, reprints, resents, restaurants, restraints, saints, scents, splints, sprints, standpoints, stints, storefronts, stunts, sweatpants, taints, taunts, tents, tints, torments, transplants, underpants, vents, viewpoints, wants, waterfronts. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-m-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ailments, aliments, gelatins, genitals, ligament, mangiest, manliest, melanist, metaling, mintages, misagent, smaltine, smelting, stealing, steaming, tegminal. | |
-2 letters: aiglets, ailment, aliment, atingle, easting, eatings, elastin, elating, enigmas, entails, etamins, gamiest, gamines, gelants, gelatin, geminal, genital, gimlets, glisten, ingates, ingesta, inmates, laments, lasting, leasing, ligates, linages, lingams, magnets, maligns, malines, malting, mangels, mangles, mantels. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-m-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: alignments, glutamines, metalising, signalment. | |
+2 letters: alightments, glutaminase, ligamentous, malignities, martingales, misaltering, misrelating, regimentals, signalments, stalemating, steelmaking, trigeminals. | |
+3 letters: almightiness, amblygonites, emasculating, glutaminases, languishment, mineralogist, misalignment, nematologies, nematologist, platemakings, realignments, steamrolling, steelmakings, streamlining. | |
+4 letters: flagellantism, galactosamine, languishments, legitimations, longanimities, marginalities, materialising, metalworkings, mineralogists, misalignments, misevaluating, multimegatons, nematologists, nonalignments, onomatologies, restimulating, slipstreaming, somersaulting, televangelism. | |
+5 letters: agglomerations, almightinesses, dogmaticalness, egalitarianism, flagellantisms, galactosamines, hemagglutinins, intersegmental, laryngectomies, lognormalities, megalopolitans, metalinguistic, mulligatawnies, osmoregulation, paleomagnetism, paleomagnetist, pneumatologies, spermatogonial, steamrollering, summersaulting, telemarketings, televangelisms, troublemakings. | |
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