The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of aponeurosis English)
WordNet
See aponeurosis
n. any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
[also: aponeuroses (pl)]
Usage examples of "aponeuroses".
In fact he was quite pleased with it: one of the few female corpses he had seen with that curious quasi-calcification of the palmar aponeuroses - fresh, too - but since it was only the hands that interested him at the moment, would either of his colleagues choose to go snacks?