plural of Aponte

A surname.

The study of aponeuroses

An alcoholic drink of northeast India, made from fermented rice.

(surgery) The excision of an aponeurosis

A form of apoptosis that is inhibited prior to completion

Relating to aponecrosis

In an aponeurotic manner

(anatomy) The aponeurosis underlying the scalp and linking the frontalis and occipitalis muscles.

(anatomy) A thin fibrous lamella attached to the posterior part of the hard palate that supports the soft palate, includes the tendon of the tensor veli palatini, and supports the other muscles of the palate.