ligament

ligament

Bande de tissu solide qui relie un os à un autre dans le corps.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : torn ligament, knee ligament, ligament injury

lien

Ce qui relie des personnes ou des choses et les maintient unies.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : ligament of something (Shared memory became a ligament of the community.)

Synonymes : bond, tie, link

Expressions courantes : social ligament, ligament of society, ligament of trust