Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osseoaponeurotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
os-seoaponeu-rot-ic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.

Etymology

From the Latin osseus (“bone”), and Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) plus νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon”), literally translated as "the end of the muscle where it becomes tendon".

Questions

What does osseoaponeurotic mean?
Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.
Where does osseoaponeurotic come from?
From the Latin osseus (“bone”), and Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) plus νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon”), literally translated as "the end of the muscle where it becomes tendon".

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