ligament

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• /ˈlɪɡəmənt/
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From Middle English ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Arabic: رِبَاط (ribāṭ) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Arabic: رباط (rubāṭ) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Azerbaijani: bağ — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Belarusian: звя́зка (zvjázka) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Bengali: লিগামেন্ট (ligamenṭo) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Bulgarian: сухожи́лие (suhožílie) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Bulgarian: лигаме́нт (ligamént) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Burmese: အရွတ် (a.rwat) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Catalan: lligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Chinese Mandarin: 韌帶 /韧带 (rèndài) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Czech: vaz — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Danish: ledbånd — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Dutch: ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Estonian: side — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Finnish: nivelside — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• French: ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Georgian: კავშირი (ḳavširi) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Georgian: მყესი (mq̇esi) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• German: Band — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• German: Ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃 (gawiss) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Greek: σύνδεσμος (sýndesmos) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Gujarati: અસ્થિબંધન (asthibandhan) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Haitian Creole: ligaman — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Hebrew: רְצוּעָה (retsu'á) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Hindi: स्नायु (snāyu) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Hindi: लिगामेन्ट (ligāmenṭ) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Hindi: पट्ठा (paṭṭhā) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Hungarian: ínszalag — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Hungarian: szalag — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Icelandic: liðband — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Icelandic: band — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Irish: ballnasc — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Italian: legamento — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Italian: benderella — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Japanese: 靭帯 (jintai) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Japanese: 靱帯 (jintai) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Kazakh: байлам (bailam) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Khmer: វាវ (viəw) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Korean: 인대 (indae) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Northern Kurdish: bester — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Kyrgyz: байламта (baylamta) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Lao: ເອັນ (ē ʼan) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Lao: ສະຫນາຍຸ (sa n) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Latvian: saite — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Lithuanian: raištis — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Macedonian: лигаме́нт (ligamént) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Malay: ligamen — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Māori: nape — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Middle English: ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Mongolian: шөрмөс (šörmös) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Mongolian: шандас (šandas) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Norwegian Bokmål: leddbånd — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Persian: رباط (rebât) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Persian: لیگامان (ligâmân) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Polish: więzadło — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Polish: wiązadło — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Portuguese: ligamento — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Romanian: ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Russian: свя́зка (svjázka) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Russian: лигаме́нт (ligamént) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Sanskrit: स्नायु (snāyu) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Serbo-Croatian: лига̀мент — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Serbo-Croatian: ligàment — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Slovak: väz — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Slovene: vez — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Spanish: ligamento — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Swedish: ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Swedish: ledband — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Tagalog: gatil — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Tajik: пай (pay) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Tatar: бәйләм (bäyläm) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Thai: เอ็น (en) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Turkish: bağdoku — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Turkish: ligament — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Turkish: ligaman — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Turkish: bağ — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Ukrainian: зв'я́зка (zvʺjázka) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Urdu: رباط (ribāt) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Uyghur: سىڭىر (si'ngir) — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Uzbek: boylam — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Vietnamese: dây chằng — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position
• Welsh: gewyn — band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position