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peritendonous

peritendonous adjective: around a tendon.

Adjective

peritendonous (not comparable)

  1. Around a tendon.
    • I shall divide synovial cysts into two categories—a, into periarticular; b, peritendinous cysts.1858, RICHARD BARWELL ESQ., “ON SYNOVIAL TUMOURS IN THE NEIGH BOURHOOD OF JOINTS”, in THE LONDON LANCET; A JOURNAL OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE, CRITICISM...
    • The chances for any sort of inflamation produced by frictional interaction between the tendon and the peritendonous tissue are small.1988, B. van Gheluwe, J. Atha, editors, Current Research in Sports Biomechanics: Selected Topics (Medicine and Sport Science Series; Volume 25), illustrated edition, Karger Medical and Scientific...

Origin of peritendonous

From peri- + tendonous.

Questions about peritendonous

What does peritendonous mean?
Peritendonous means around a tendon.
What part of speech is peritendonous?
Peritendonous is an adjective.

Words near peritendonous in the dictionary

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

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