aponeurosis

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

APONEURO'SIS, APONEU'ROSY, noun [Gr. from, and to send.] An expansion of a tendon in the manner of a membrane; the tendinous expansion or fascia of muscles; the tendon or tail of a muscle.
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