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Definition of Tendon

1. Noun. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment.

Definition of Tendon

1. n. A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.

Definition of Tendon

1. Noun. (anatomy) A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment. ¹

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Definition of Tendon

1. a band of tough, fibrous tissue [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tendon

1. A fibrous, strong, connective tissue that connects muscle to bone. The laceration of a tendon can result in the inability to flex or extend at a joint. (13 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendon

Literary usage of Tendon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Conjoined tendon, the united tendons of the internal oblique and ... tendon of Achilles (tendo A chillis), the tendon of the heel; the tendon of the ..."

2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"THE structure under record is derived from the tendon of insertion of the ... The tendon appears to be a constant structure, and has l>een regularly ..."

3. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"The last-named surgeon operates as follows: "The conjunctiva is raised with forceps over the lower or upper point of the insertion of the tendon, ..."

4. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1904)
"The structure of tendon has been described (see page 67). tendon ... From a Longitudinal Section through Junction of Muscle and tendon. ..."

5. General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics, in Fifty Lectures: In Fifty by Theodor Billroth (1890)
"You have just heard that the tendon is entirely regenerated, and the cicatricial intermediate substance contracts strongly, that is, it shortens, ..."

6. General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics, in Fifty Lectures: In Fifty by Theodor Billroth (1880)
"You have just heard that the tendon is entirely regenerated, and the cicatricial intermediate substance contracts strongly, that is, it shortens, ..."

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