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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F., fr. L.

tendere

to stretch, extend. See

to move.]

(Anat.)

A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.

Tendon reflex

(Physiol.)

a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See

Knee jerk

, under

Noun.

[L. tendo; teneo, tendo.] In anatomy, a hard insensible cord or bundle of fibers, by which a muscle is attached to a bone.

See also: tendon

tendón m ‎(plural tendóns)

tendón m ‎(plural tendones)