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| ten·don [ téndən ] (plural ten·dons) |
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tough band connecting muscle to bone: an inelastic cord or band of tough white fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or other part
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| [Mid-16th century. Directly and via French< medieval Latin tendon-, stem of tendo, translation of Greek tenōn "sinew" < teinein "stretch"] |
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 ten·di·nous adjective |
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