tendon
See also: tendón
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
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
- 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 edit
Translations edit
band of fibrous tissue
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See also edit
References edit
- “tendon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “tendon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tendon
- accusative singular of tendo
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin tendō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tendon m (plural tendons)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “tendon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
tendon
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tendon n (plural tendoane)
Declension edit
Declension 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 edit
References edit
- tendon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French tendon or from English tendon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tendon (definite accusative tendonu, plural tendonlar)
Further reading edit
- “tendon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tendon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük