ligament

🇺🇸 /ˈlɪɡəmənt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈlɪɡəmənt/
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A tough, flexible band of connective tissue that connects bones or cartilages, providing stability to joints.

After the soccer match, he felt a sharp pain in his knee and worried that he might have injured a ligament.

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n. A tough, flexible band of connective tissue that connects bones or cartilages, providing stability to joints.

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Plural ligaments