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ligament

[lig-uh-muhnt] / ˈlɪg ə mənt /




NOUN
tendon
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Surgery can repair the torn ligament, but fixing the immediate injury does not necessarily prevent long-term joint damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

For older players, Tommy John surgery—a ligament repair and reconstruction named for the major league pitcher it was first performed on and widespread among pros—is on the rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Hortiz doesn’t want the Chargers, who devastatingly lost starting center Tyler Biadasz to a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury, to be as thin on the offensive line as they were in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Baleba is recovering from an ankle ligament injury suffered in pre-season and will need time to recover his match sharpness.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

His room smelled of turpentine, which Doc had prescribed as a liniment for the pulled ligament.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Broken bones and torn ligaments aside, what was particularly frustrating about my accident was what happened afterward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In humans, however, that ability is thought to depend more heavily on flexible ligaments, tendons, and muscles than on the structure of the foot bones.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Ed Lee is an Orlando-based endocrinologist who is hopeful for compounding approvals, especially for BPC-157, which is popular in the wellness community for its purported ability to repair tissues, including muscles and ligaments.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

"It grew so vast and so wide and for so long, on nerves and ligaments that are attached to my legs," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Beneath that is the silvery white glimmer of synthetic bone and ligaments.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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