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