tendon

[ten-duh n] /ˈtɛn dən/

noun

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

a reinforcing strand in prestressed concrete.

Origin

1535-45; < Medieval Latin tendōn- (stem of tendō) < Greek ténōn sinew (spelling with -d- by association with Latin tendere to stretch)

Examples from the web for tendon

Physical therapy that stretches and strengthens the muscle and tendon is essential.
And he noticed that natural construction tends to favor sinewy materials such as wood, muscle, and tendon.
They also can cause liver problems and tendon ruptures.
In a short outpatient procedure, surgeons replace an elbow ligament with a tendon from elsewhere in the body.
The tendon came cleanly off the elbow, and the muscle didn't tear in half.
The next step involved cleaning off the bits of tendon and fat that remained on bone.
Rotator cuff repair is a type of surgery to repair a torn tendon in the shoulder.
But he adamantly refused to go into the details of how he severed a tendon in his right pinky.
But when a joint moves, the tendon's position with respect to the joint is forced to change.
From this series of origins the fibers of the diaphragm converge to be inserted into the central tendon.

British Dictionary definitions for tendon

tendon

/ˈtɛndən/

noun

a cord or band of white inelastic collagenous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or some other part; sinew

Word Origin

C16: from Medieval Latin tendō, from Latin tendere to stretch; related to Greek tenōn sinew

Word Origin and History for tendon

1540s, from Medieval Latin tendonem (nominative tendo), altered (by influence of Latin tendere "to stretch") of Late Latin tenon, from Greek tenon (genitive tenontos) "tendon, sinew," from teinein "to stretch" (see tenet).

tendon in Medicine

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.

tendon in Science

tendon

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

tendon in Culture

tendon definition

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