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Definition of: tendon
(ten′dən) noun Anat.
One of the bands of tough, fibrous connective tissue forming the termination of a muscle and serving to transmit its force to some other part; a sinew. [<F <Med. L tendo, -inis <Gk. tenōn a sinew < tenein stretch]
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