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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aponeurosis \Ap`o*neu*ro"sis\, n.; pl {Aponeuroses}. [Gr. ?, fr ? to pass into a tendon; ? from + ? to strain the sinews, ? sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci[ae] which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See {Fascia}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aponeurosis n : any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
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