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Word entry · 6 letters

tendon

Best crossword clue

"muscle cord"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛn.dən/Part of speech nounSorted dennotStarts with TEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2E3N4D5O6N

Definitions

  1. a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.

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