ligament
Example Sentences
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Hamate fractures might not be as severe as elbow ligament tears, but their root cause bears a surprising resemblance.
She opted to delay surgery on the ligament to compete in her final Olympics.
From Salon
A fall in January then left her with a damaged ligament in her left knee, but she still went to the Olympics.
From Barron's
Vonn was racing at the Olympics in Cortina nine days after rupturing ligaments in her left knee when she struck a gate 13 seconds into her downhill run.
From BBC
The fracture -- coming just over a week after she had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee -- sent Vonn to the Ca' Foncello hospital in the city of Treviso, north of Venice.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
