tendon
See also: tendón
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”). Compare Middle English thenoun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittendon (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
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 78:
- I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.
- (biology) The hamstring of a quadruped.
- (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editband of fibrous tissue
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See also
editReferences
edit- “tendon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “tendon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
editEsperanto
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittendon
- accusative singular of tendo
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin tendō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittendon m (plural tendons)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “tendon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
editRomanization
edittendon
Romanian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittendon n (plural tendoane)
Declension
editDeclension of tendon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tendon | tendonul | (niște) tendoane | tendoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) tendon | tendonului | (unor) tendoane | tendoanelor |
vocative | tendonule | tendoanelor |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- tendon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Turkish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French tendon or from English tendon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittendon (definite accusative tendonu, plural tendonlar)
Further reading
edit- “tendon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tendon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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