aponeurosis
/ˌæp.ə.nʊˈɹoʊ.sɪs/noun
aponeurosis is a noun meaning “A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-P-O-N-E-U-R-O-S-I-S and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aponeurosis is aponeuroses.
What does aponeurosis mean?
noun
- 1
A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aponeurosis?
- UK /ˌap.ə.njʊˈɹəʊ.sɪs/
- US /ˌæp.ə.nʊˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
Aponeurosis has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Ashby-de-la-pooch-aponeurosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aponeurosis
- aponeuroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aponeurosis?
Aponeurosis appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aponeurosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aponévrose |
| Portuguese | aponeurose |
| Spanish | aponeurosis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aponeurosis come from?
Borrowed from New Latin aponeurōsis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).