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 Definitions of tendon  [ˈtɛn dən]  

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Definition of 'tendon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tendon
a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.

Etymology:  (1535–45; < ML tendōn-, s. of tendō < Gk ténōn sinew (sp. with -d- by association with L tendere to stretch))

Definition of 'tendon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tendon, sinew
a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment


Definition of 'tendon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) tendon
a tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew


Translation of 'tendon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a strong cord joining a muscle to a bone etc
He has damaged a tendon in his leg.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sening, pees Arabic flag Arabic: طُنْب، وَتَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: сухожилие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tendão Czech flag Czech: šlacha German flag German: die Sehne
Danish flag Danish: sene Greek flag Greek: τένοντας Spanish flag Spanish: tendón
Estonian flag Estonian: kõõlus Farsi flag Farsi: زرد پی Finnish flag Finnish: jänne
French flag French: tendon Hebrew flag Hebrew: גִיד Hindi flag Hindi: नस
Croatian flag Croatian: tetiva Hungarian flag Hungarian: ín Indonesian flag Indonesian: urat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sin Italian flag Italian: tendine Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 힘줄 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sausgyslė Latvian flag Latvian: cīpsla
Malay flag Malay: tendon Dutch flag Dutch: pees Norwegian flag Norwegian: sene
Polish flag Polish: ścięgno Portuguese flag Portuguese: tendão Romanian flag Romanian: tendon
Russian flag Russian: сухожилие Slovak flag Slovak: šľacha Slovenian flag Slovenian: kita
Serbian flag Serbian: tetiva Swedish flag Swedish: sena Thai flag Thai: เส้นเอ็นที่ยึดกล้ามเนื้อแ
Turkish flag Turkish: tendon, kiriş Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сухожилля
Urdu flag Urdu: عضلہ، پٹھا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: gân, dây chằng Chinese flag Chinese: 

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