| NOUN | body | tendon, sinew | a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment |
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| Sounds | teh'ndahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment. | |
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| Synonym | sinew | |
| Part of | muscular structure, musculature, muscle system | The muscular system of an organism |
| Narrower | Achilles tendon, tendon of Achilles | A large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf |
| hamstring, hamstring tendon | One of the tendons at the back of the knee | |
| Broader | connective tissue | tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells |
| Substances | collagen | A fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue |
| Spanish | tendón | |
| Catalan | tendó | |
| Adjectives | tendinous | consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon |
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