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endotenon

endotenon noun: the fine connective tissue between the strands of a tendon.

Noun

endotenon

  1. The fine connective tissue between the strands of a tendon.
    • In the later cases, the transplanted tendon showed a slight hypertrophy of the endotenon and of the blood-vessels (Fig. 2) and was slightly softer than the normal; otherwise no changes were noted.1916, Leo Mayer, “The physiological method of tendon transplantation”, in Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, volume 22, page 475

Origin of endotenon

From endo- + Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon”).

Questions about endotenon

What does endotenon mean?
Endotenon means the fine connective tissue between the strands of a tendon.
What part of speech is endotenon?
Endotenon is a noun.

Words near endotenon in the dictionary

  1. endotegmen
  2. endotegmic
  3. endotendineum
  4. endotendon
  5. endotendons
  6. endotenon
  7. endotesta
  8. endotestae
  9. endotestal
  10. endotestas
  11. endotestæ

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