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tendon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tend?, from Ancient Greek ????? (tén?n, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tend? (“to stretch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?n.d?n/
Noun
tendon (plural tendons)
- (anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
- Synonym: sinew
- (biology) The hamstring of a quadruped.
- (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
Derived terms
- tendonitis
- Achilles’ tendon
Translations
References
- “tendon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “tendon”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
See also
- ligament
Anagrams
- Denton
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ten.don/
Noun
tendon
- accusative singular of tendo
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin tend?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.d??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
tendon m (plural tendons)
- tendon
Related terms
- tendineux
- tendinite
Further reading
- “tendon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tendon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ten?don/
Noun
tendon n (plural tendoane)
- (anatomy) tendon
Declension
Derived terms
- tendonul lui Ahile
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French tendon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?n?d?n/
Noun
tendon (definite accusative tendonu, plural tendonlar)
- (anatomy) tendon
Synonyms
- kiri?
tendon From the web:
- what tendon connects the gastrocnemius to the calcaneus
- what tendon is behind the knee
- what tendons are in the knee
- what tendon is on the outside of the knee
- what tendon is on the inside of the knee
- what tendons are in the ankle
- what tendons are in the foot
- what tendons are in the shoulder
epicondyle
English
Etymology
epi- +? condyle
Noun
epicondyle (plural epicondyles)
- (anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.
Derived terms
- epicondylar
- epicondylectomy
- epicondylic
- epicondylitis
Translations
epicondyle From the web:
- what epicondyle of the humerus
- epicondyle what does it mean
- epicondyle what does it do
- what is epicondyle in anatomy
- what is epicondyle of the elbow
- what does epicondyle
- what are epicondyles used for
- epicondyle meaning
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