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paratendon

paratendon is the alternative form of paratenon.

Meaning of paratenon

Noun

paratenon (plural paratenons)

  1. A fatty areolar tissue that fills the interstitia within the fascia where a tendon is located.

Forms of paratendon

pluralparatendons

Origin of paratendon

From para- + tendon.

Questions about paratendon

What is paratendon the alternative form of?
Paratendon is the alternative form of paratenon.

Words near paratendon in the dictionary

  1. parataxonomists
  2. parataxonomy
  3. paratectonic
  4. paratellurite
  5. paratendinous
  6. paratendon
  7. paratendons
  8. paratenial
  9. paratenic
  10. paratenicity
  11. paratenon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paratendon (page history and authors); paratenon (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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