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Tendinous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, having, or resembling a tendon.

adj. Sinewy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon or sinew

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.

adj. Full of tendons; sinewy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having a tendon; full of tendons; sinewy.

Of or pertaining to tendons; forming or formed by a tendon; fascial; aponeurotic: as, tendinous tissue; a tendinous structure; the tendinous origin or insertion of a muscle.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

Word Usage

"This constitutes what is known as tendinous quittor in its worst form, for more often than not there is associated with it inflammation of the navicular bursa, caries of the bones, or arthritis of the pedal articulation."

Form

tendinous intersection tendinous arch tendinous cord

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sinewy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

fascial cicatricial osseous ligamentous chorioallantoic