tendon
/ˈtɛn.dən/
tendon noun: a tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
Noun (1)
tendon (plural tendons)
- A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
- I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 78
- Synonyms:
- sinew
- The hamstring of a quadruped.
- A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
Noun (2)
tendon (countable and uncountable, plural tendons)
tendon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
tendon in Hindi
- band of fibrous tissue
- स्नायु snāyu, नस nas
tendon in Tamil
- band of fibrous tissue
- தசைநாண் tacaināṇ
tendon in Urdu
- وتر
tendon in Bengali
- টেন্ডন, টেণ্ডন
More languagesFewer languages
- tendon in Telugu
- స్నాయువు snāyuvu
- tendon in Malayalam
- സ്നായു, ചലനഞരമ്പ്, ഉപപേശി
- tendon in Kannada
- ಸ್ನಾಯುರಜ್ಜು, ಸ್ನಾಯುರಜ್ಜೆ
- tendon in Gujarati
- કંડરું, કંડરા, કંડરાની
- tendon in Odia
- ଟେଣ୍ଡନ୍, ଟେଣ୍ଡନ
- tendon in Nepali
- टेन्डोन, टेन्डन
- tendon in Tagalog
- litid
- tendon in Arabic
- وَتَر watar
- tendon in Malay
- tendon
- tendon in Indonesian
- tendon, urat
- tendon in Persian
- تاندون tândon, پی pay
- tendon in Thai
- ลวดกำ lûat gam, สายตัว săai dtua, เอ็นกล้ามเนื้อ, แถบเอ็น tɛ̀ɛp-en
- tendon in Vietnamese
- gân
- tendon in Myanmar
- အရွတ် a.rwat
Examples of tendon in a sentence
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Achilles tendon reflex time.
- Tendon is compliant compared to bone.
- Biological examples include connective tissues (cartilage and tendons) and cellular cytoskeleta.
Synonyms of tendon
Forms of tendon
| plural | tendons |
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Origin of tendon
Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”). Compare Middle English thenoun.
Borrowed from Japanese 天丼 (tendon), clipping of 天ぷら丼 (tenpura donburi).
Words formed from tendon
Phrases with tendon
Questions about tendon
- What does tendon mean?
- Tendon means a tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
- What is tendon in Hindi?
- Tendon in Hindi is स्नायु (snāyu), नस (nas). See Tendon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tendon?
- Tendon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tendon?
- Tendon is pronounced /ˈtɛn.dən/.
- What is the plural of tendon?
- The plural of tendon is tendons.
Words near tendon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tendon (page history and authors); tendon (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tendon (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tendon (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tendon (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tendon (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tendon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tendon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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