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tendon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tendon \Ten"don\, n. [F., fr L. tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tend} to move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part a sinew. {Tendon reflex} (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See {Knee jerk}, under {Knee}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tendon n : a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment [syn: {sinew}]
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