aponeurosis

1. 1.

   any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons

   Broaderfascia

Other forms of aponeurosis

plural

aponeuroses

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aponeurosis

What does aponeurosis mean?

aponeurosis means "any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons".

How many syllables are in aponeurosis?

aponeurosis has 6 syllables and divides as a-po-ne-u-ro-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.