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tendon

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. tendon (noun)
  2. tendon of Achilles
  3. tendon sense (noun)
  4. Achilles tendon (noun)
  5. back tendon (noun)
  6. bowed tendon (noun)
  7. conjoint tendon (noun)

ten·don

noun \ˈten-dən\

Definition of TENDON

: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part (as a bone) and transmits the force which the muscle exerts
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Origin of TENDON

Medieval Latin tendon-, tendo, from Latin tendere to stretch — more at thin
First Known Use: 1541

Other Anatomy Terms

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