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Added 9 October 2026

tendon

/ˈtɛn.dən/ noun

In Latin: tenōn Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tendon at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.
The hamstring of a quadruped.
A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

noun

Tempura donburi, a bowl of rice topped with vegetables or seafood fried in batter.

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.

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