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chordae tendineae

Syllables: chord·ae ten·di·ne·aeUK/ˌkɔːdi tɛnˈdɪniˌi/US/ˌkɔɹdi tɛnˈdɪniˌi/

chordae tendineae noun: the cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.

Noun

chordae tendineae pl (normally plural, singular chorda tendinea)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.
    Synonyms:
    heartstrings

chordae tendineae meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

chordae tendineae in Tamil

இதயவாயினாண்கள், நாண் தசை நார்கள், இதயநாண்

chordae tendineae in Tagalog

cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart
bagting ng puso

Synonyms of chordae tendineae

Forms of chordae tendineae

singularchorda tendinea

Origin of chordae tendineae

Borrowed from New Latin chordae tendineae (literally “tendinous (tendon-like) cords”), from Latin chordae (plural of chorda (“cord, rope”)) + New Latin tendineae (plural of tendinea (“tendinous”), from Medieval Latin tendō (“tendon”)).

Questions about chordae tendineae

What does chordae tendineae mean?
Chordae tendineae means the cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.
What is chordae tendineae in Tamil?
Chordae tendineae in Tamil is இதயவாயினாண்கள், நாண் தசை நார்கள், இதயநாண். See Chordae tendineae meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chordae tendineae?
Chordae tendineae is a noun.
How do you pronounce chordae tendineae?
Chordae tendineae is pronounced /ˌkɔːdi tɛnˈdɪniˌi/ (UK).

Words near chordae tendineae in the dictionary

  1. chorda dorsalis
  2. chorda pistillaris
  3. chorda tympani
  4. chordacentrum
  5. chordaceous
  6. chordae tendineae
  7. chordal
  8. chordality
  9. chordally
  10. chordamesoderm
  11. chordamesodermal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chordae tendineae (page history and authors); chordae tendineae (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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