Meaning

4 senses
  1. 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.

    Sehne

    сухожи́лиеsuxožílije, жи́лаžíla

    сухожи́лляsuxožýllja

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

  2. The hamstring of a quadruped.

  3. A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Tempura donburi, a bowl of rice topped with vegetables or seafood fried in batter.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The iliacus inserts onto a tendon.

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  2. Without strong tendons, large muscles are of no use.

    deOhne starke Sehnen bringen große Muskeln keinen großen Nutzen.

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  3. The tendon is a connection between the muscle and the bone.

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  4. Tendons and ligaments are more fragile than you might think.

    deSehnen und Bänder sind anfälliger, als man meinen könnte.

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  5. About four years ago my Achilles tendon started to hurt and I was told it was Achilles tendonitis.

    deVor etwa vier Jahren begann meine Achillessehne zu schmerzen, und man sagte mir, es liege eine Achillessehnenentzündung vor.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
band of fibrous tissue:
Русский
By meaning 1
band of fibrous tissue:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
band of fibrous tissue:

Origin

Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sin

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).

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Forms

plural: tendons
Singulartendon
Pluraltendons

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment:sinew

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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