ligament

ligamento

Banda resistente de tejido que une un hueso con otro dentro del cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: A strong band inside your body that joins one bone to another.

• She tore a ligament in her knee.
• These ligaments help keep the joint stable.
• The surgeon repaired the damaged ligament.

Expresiones frecuentes: torn ligament, knee ligament, ligament injury

vínculo, lazo

Algo que une a personas o cosas y las mantiene unidas.

En inglés sencillo: Something that joins people or things together and keeps them united.

• Trust was the ligament of their friendship.
• The writer describes justice as a social ligament.
• These shared customs formed ligaments between scattered communities.

Cómo se usa: ligament of something (Shared memory became a ligament of the community.)

Sinónimos: bond, tie, link

Expresiones frecuentes: social ligament, ligament of society, ligament of trust