tendon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tendon	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tendon n a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment Synonym(s): tendon, sinew
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tendon \Ten"don\, n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tend} to move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. {Tendon reflex} (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See {Knee jerk}, under {Knee}.