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

2.	a reinforcing strand in prestressed concrete.

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

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ten·don Audio Help (těn'dən) Pronunciation Key
n. A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.

[Medieval Latin tendō, tendōn-, alteration (influenced by Latin tendere, to stretch) of Greek tenōn; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tendon

1543, from M.L. tendonem (nom. tendo), altered (by influence of L. tendere "to stretch") of L.L. tenon, from Gk. tenon (gen. tenontos) "tendon, sinew," from teinein "to stretch" (see tenet). Tendinitis is attested from 1900.

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tendon
noun
a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

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tendon [ˈtendən] noun

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

Arabic:	طُنْب، وَتَر
Chinese (Simplified):	腱
Chinese (Traditional):	腱
Czech:	šlacha
Danish:	sene
Dutch:	pees
Estonian:	kõõlus
Finnish:	jänne
French:	tendon
German:	die Sehne
Greek:	τένοντας
Hungarian:	ín
Icelandic:	sin
Indonesian:	urat
Italian:	tendine

Japanese:	腱
Korean:	건, 힘줄
Latvian:	cīpsla
Lithuanian:	sausgyslė
Norwegian:	sene
Polish:	ścięgno
Portuguese (Brazil):	tendão
Portuguese (Portugal):	tendão
Romanian:	tendon
Russian:	сухожилие
Slovak:	šľacha
Slovenian:	kita
Spanish:	tendón
Swedish:	sena
Turkish:	tendon, kiriş

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tendon Audio Help (těn'dən) Pronunciation Key
A band of tough, fibrous, inelastic tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Tendons are made chiefly of collagen.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
tendon

A tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones.

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tendon ten·don (těn'dən)
n.
A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and consists of rows of elongated cells, minimal ground substance, and densely arranged, almost parallel, bundles of collageneous fibers.

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Main Entry: ten·don
Pronunciation: 'ten-d&n
Function: noun
: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a musclewith some other part, transmits the force which the muscle exerts, and is continuous with the connective-tissue epimysium and perimysium of the muscle and when inserted into a bone with the periosteumof the bone

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Tendon

Sin"ew\, n. [OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to D. zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan. sene; cf. Skr. sn[=a]va. [root]290.]

1. (Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

2. Muscle; nerve. [R.] --Sir J. Davies.

3. Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.

The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. --Shak.

The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war.

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