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epitenons

epitenons is the plural of epitenon.

Meaning of epitenon

Noun

epitenon (plural epitenons)

  1. A bundle of parallel arrays of fascicles, forming a sheath around tendons.
    • It expands on the surface of the tendon, forming a delicate, almost microscopic layer, the epitenon. Paratenon, epitenon, and mesotenon constitute the esotenon as opposed to the endotenon, the connected-tissue strands within the tendon.1916, Clinics of John B. Murphy at Mercy Hospital, Chicago, volume 5, number 2

Questions about epitenons

What is epitenons the plural of?
Epitenons is the plural of epitenon.

Words near epitenons in the dictionary

  1. epitaxy
  2. epitendineum
  3. epitendinous
  4. epitendon
  5. epitenon
  6. epitenons
  7. epitepalous
  8. epitestosterone
  9. epitetrasulfide
  10. epitetrasulfides
  11. epitext

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