ligamentous, a.
(lɪgəˈmɛntəs)
[f. ligament + -ous.]
Of the nature of, or characteristic of, a ligament; composed of the tissue proper to ligaments.
| 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. vi. (1686) 9 A Muscle, which is one while ligamentous and nervous, and otherwhiles fleshy. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Plants, Those [plants] that are not woody may be reduced to six Sorts, viz. the fibrous, ligamentous, bulbous [etc.]. 1796 Phil. Trans. LXXXVII. 23 All ligamentous parts..are weak in their vital powers. 1804 Abernethy Surg. Obs. 32 It had unfortunately acquired a ligamentous adhesion to the orbicular ligament of the hip. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 409 The second kind of articulation, the ligamentous, he affirms takes place only in orthopterous and some neuropterous insects. 1872 Mivart Elem. Anat. 28 Ligamentous fibres bind together the margins of the apposed articular surfaces. 1880 Günther Fishes 119 The tongue consists merely of ligamentous or cellular substance. |
b. Pertaining to the ligaments of the body.
| 1804 Med. Jrnl. XII. 563 Gouty, or ligamentous and tendinous inflammation. |
Hence ligaˈmentously adv., by ligaments.
| 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 609 Being also connected ligamentously with the scapulæ. |