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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aponeurosis \Ap`o*neu*ro"sis\, n.; pl. Aponeuroses. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass into a tendon; ? from + ? to strain the sinews, ? sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci[ae] which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aponeurosis n 1: any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons