a. [f. LIGAMENT + -ARY.] a. Of the nature of or composing a ligament; consisting of the tissue proper to ligaments. b. Of or pertaining to a ligament.

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1744.  trans. Boerhaave’s Inst., III. 411. Besides these ligamentary Fasciæ, there are also others more broad and muscular.

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1783.  H. Watson, in Med. Commun., I. 188. The ligamentary periosteum, which covers the vertebræ.

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1816.  D. P. Blaine, Veterinary Art, 411. Ossifications and ligamentary enlargements.

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1832.  Westm. Rev., XVII. 312. Flax … is applied by the natives to almost every purpose of clothing, building, packing, or wherever ligamentary structure can be turned to account.

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1850.  H. Miller, Footpr. Creat., v. 87. In some of the nail-heads … there appear well-marked ligamentary impressions.

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