different between tissue vs tendon
tissue
English
Etymology
From Middle English tyssew, from Old French tissu, past participle of tistre, from Latin texere.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?sju?/, /?t??u/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t??u/
- Rhymes: -?sju?, -??u?
- Hyphenation: tis?sue
Noun
tissue (countable and uncountable, plural tissues)
- Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
- A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- Absorbent paper as material.
- (biology) A group of cells similar in origin that function together to do a specific job.
- 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy:
- What they lack is outermost brain tissue that, at least in humans, prompts awareness and interpretation.
- 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy:
- Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
- 1888, A. J. Balfour, The Religion of Humanity:
- unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion
- 1888, A. J. Balfour, The Religion of Humanity:
- (horse racing, slang) The scratch sheet or racing form.
- 2016, Gerald Hammond, The Language of Horse Racing:
- Pricing the first show is a matter of the bookmaker's individual judgment, relying upon advice from all quarters, particularly the tissue; but very soon in the betting exchanges it becomes clear that the sole criterion for the fixing of a horse's price is demand.
- 2016, Gerald Hammond, The Language of Horse Racing:
Translations
Derived terms
- tissue committee
Verb
tissue (third-person singular simple present tissues, present participle tissuing, simple past and past participle tissued)
- To form tissue of; to interweave.
Anagrams
- Eustis, suites
Middle English
Noun
tissue
- Alternative form of tyssew
tissue From the web:
- what tissue connects muscles to bones
- what tissue is the heart made of
- what tissue is the epidermis made of
- what tissues make up the heart
- what tissue is the effector
- what tissue makes up the dermis
- what tissue is the dermis made of
- what tissue is avascular
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
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