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tendon en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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.

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone. 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 78:
  2. The hamstring of a quadruped.
  3. A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

Forms

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Deriveds

intratendon · Achilles’ tendon · paratendon · tendony · tendon of Achilles · neotendon · quadriceps tendon · Golgi tendon organ · intertendon · musculotendon · Achilles tendon · mesotendon · peritendon · midtendon · tendinopathy · tendonectomy · calcaneal tendon · endotendon · tendonitis · subtendon

Relateds

ligament

Synonyms

sinew

Translations (132)

enm thenoun (band of fibrous tissue) · th เส้นเอ็น (band of fibrous tissue) · ty uaua (band of fibrous tissue) · pam litad (band of fibrous tissue) · es tendón (band of fibrous tissue) · tl litid (band of fibrous tissue) · mk тети́ва (band of fibrous tissue) · kk сіңір (band of fibrous tissue) · nb sene (band of fibrous tissue) · lv cīpsla (band of fibrous tissue) · ru жи́ла (band of fibrous tissue) · cmn 肌腱 (band of fibrous tissue) · ga teannán (band of fibrous tissue) · mi iaia (band of fibrous tissue) · de Sehne (band of fibrous tissue) · ro ligament (band of fibrous tissue) · os нуар (band of fibrous tissue) · ta தசைநாண் (band of fibrous tissue) · mi uaua (band of fibrous tissue) · nn sene (band of fibrous tissue) · grc τένων (band of fibrous tissue) · ru сухожи́лие (band of fibrous tissue) · th ลวดกำ (band of fibrous tissue) · th เอ็น (band of fibrous tissue) · ky сиңир (band of fibrous tissue) · lo ເສັ້ນເອັນ (band of fibrous tissue) · ja(band of fibrous tissue) · hu ínszalag (band of fibrous tissue) · id urat (band of fibrous tissue) · ota سڭیر (band of fibrous tissue) · et kõõlus (band of fibrous tissue) · sh тѐтива (band of fibrous tissue) · fa پی (band of fibrous tissue) · fr tendon (band of fibrous tissue) · km សរសៃ (band of fibrous tissue) · sah иҥиир (band of fibrous tissue) · ro tendon (band of fibrous tissue) · it tendine (band of fibrous tissue) · gl liña (band of fibrous tissue) · cs šlacha (band of fibrous tissue) · lt sausgyslė (band of fibrous tissue) · rop jinuj (band of fibrous tissue) · ko(band of fibrous tissue) · ar وَتَر (band of fibrous tissue) · sq dell (band of fibrous tissue) · pt tendão (band of fibrous tissue) · sl tetiva (band of fibrous tissue) · tr kiriş (band of fibrous tissue) · alt тарам (band of fibrous tissue) · ro vână (band of fibrous tissue) · ko 힘줄 (band of fibrous tissue) · tg пай (band of fibrous tissue) · ja(band of fibrous tissue) · my အရွတ် (band of fibrous tissue) · uk сухожи́лля (band of fibrous tissue) · ia tendine (band of fibrous tissue) · fi jänne (band of fibrous tissue) · is sin (band of fibrous tissue) · gl bestra (band of fibrous tissue) · lo ນະຫາລຸ (band of fibrous tissue) · ota طنب (band of fibrous tissue) · lv dzīsla (band of fibrous tissue) · nds Seen (band of fibrous tissue) · oc tendon (band of fibrous tissue) · da sene (band of fibrous tissue) · he גִיד (band of fibrous tissue) · gl balastrón (band of fibrous tissue) · gld сумул (band of fibrous tissue) · uz chandir (band of fibrous tissue) · mi io (band of fibrous tissue) · hu ín (band of fibrous tissue) · ug سىڭىر (band of fibrous tissue) · eo tendeno (band of fibrous tissue) · mn шандас (band of fibrous tissue) · bo རྒྱུད་པ (band of fibrous tissue) · tr tendon (band of fibrous tissue) · mn шөрмөс (band of fibrous tissue) · lb Fies (band of fibrous tissue) · kmr(band of fibrous tissue) · th เอ็นกล้ามเนื้อ (band of fibrous tissue) · hi स्नायु (band of fibrous tissue) · sk šľacha (band of fibrous tissue) · umu wchéht (band of fibrous tissue) · nl pees (band of fibrous tissue) · hy ջիլ (band of fibrous tissue) · qu bunelan (band of fibrous tissue) · mi ioio (band of fibrous tissue) · vo kordül (band of fibrous tissue) · gl balistrón (band of fibrous tissue) · nn sen (band of fibrous tissue) · cv шӑнӑр (band of fibrous tissue) · alt сиҥир (band of fibrous tissue) · ms tendon (band of fibrous tissue) · ht tandon (band of fibrous tissue) · sh tètiva (band of fibrous tissue) · enm synwe (band of fibrous tissue) · sl kita (band of fibrous tissue) · fa تاندون (band of fibrous tissue) · tg раг (band of fibrous tissue) · ota عصب (band of fibrous tissue) · be сухажы́лле (band of fibrous tissue) · te స్నాయువు (band of fibrous tissue) · el τένοντας (band of fibrous tissue) · gl fío (band of fibrous tissue) · ka მყესი (band of fibrous tissue) · ca tendó (band of fibrous tissue) · km សរសៃពួរ (band of fibrous tissue) · hi नस (band of fibrous tissue) · az vətər (band of fibrous tissue) · th สายตัว (band of fibrous tissue) · pl ścięgno (band of fibrous tissue) · sq tendin (band of fibrous tissue) · th แถบเอ็น (band of fibrous tissue) · uz pay (band of fibrous tissue) · sv sena (band of fibrous tissue) · unm hàtës (band of fibrous tissue) · bg сухожи́лие (band of fibrous tissue) · lo ເອັນ (band of fibrous tissue) · txb ṣñor (band of fibrous tissue) · kk тарамыс (band of fibrous tissue) · ang sinu (band of fibrous tissue) · eve хум (band of fibrous tissue) · la tenōn (band of fibrous tissue) · ckb ژێ (band of fibrous tissue) · vi gân (band of fibrous tissue) · ky тарамыш (band of fibrous tissue) · cmn(band of fibrous tissue) · ia tendon (band of fibrous tissue) · mi iohere (band of fibrous tissue) · ko 심줄 (band of fibrous tissue) · mnc ᠰᡠᠪᡝ (band of fibrous tissue) · id tendon (band of fibrous tissue)

tendon en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天丼 (tendon), clipping of 天ぷら丼 (tenpura donburi).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Tempura donburi, a bowl of rice topped with vegetables or seafood fried in batter.

Forms

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