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peritendinous

peritendinous adjective: surrounding a tendon.

Adjective

peritendinous (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a tendon.
    • Some cytokines produced by myofibers and peritendinous tissue are termed myokines.2015 September 15, “A Genome-Wide mRNA Screen and Functional Analysis Reveal FOXO3 as a Candidate Gene for Chicken Growth”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of peritendinous

From peri- + tendinous.

Questions about peritendinous

What does peritendinous mean?
Peritendinous means surrounding a tendon.
What part of speech is peritendinous?
Peritendinous is an adjective.

Words near peritendinous in the dictionary

  1. peritectomies
  2. peritectomy
  3. peritelomere
  4. peritelomeres
  5. peritelomeric
  6. peritendinous
  7. peritendon
  8. peritendonous
  9. peritendons
  10. peritenon
  11. peritenons

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