Word.ws English Dictionary

peritenon

peritenon noun: the connective tissue sheath surrounding a tendon.

Noun

peritenon (plural peritenons)

  1. The connective tissue sheath surrounding a tendon.

Forms of peritenon

pluralperitenons

Origin of peritenon

From peri- + tenon.

Words formed from peritenon

  • peritendinitis
  • peritenonitis

Questions about peritenon

What does peritenon mean?
Peritenon means the connective tissue sheath surrounding a tendon.
What part of speech is peritenon?
Peritenon is a noun.
What is the plural of peritenon?
The plural of peritenon is peritenons.

Words near peritenon in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: peritenon (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “peritenon.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/peritenon. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.