TENDON


Meaning of TENDON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈten-dən ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin tendon-, tendo, from Latin tendere to stretch — more at thin

Date: 1541

: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part (as a bone) and transmits the force which the muscle exerts

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.