Definitions for tendon

tendon ten·don

Spelling: [ten-duh n]
IPA: /ˈtɛn dən/

Tendon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in tendon (dennot).

Definitions for tendon

noun

  1. Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
  2. a reinforcing strand in prestressed concrete.

Origin of tendon

1535-45; Medieval Latin tendōn- (stem of tendō) Greek ténōn sinew (spelling with -d- by association with Latin tendere to stretch)

Examples for tendon

"Strained a tendon," he growled, blowing on his numb fingers to warm them.

Find out if he has a "tendon of Achilles" or vulnerable spot.

Don't believe I've so much as strained the tendon of a finger.

The function of this tendon is to flex the foot at the fetlock.

If too tight, the weight soon presses the tendon of the heel.

Adult actresses are prone to internal tears the way an athlete might be at risk for injuring a tendon.

The hind leg must have its tendon of Achilles before it can be finished.

One particularly disastrous game sent Gore from the gym to the hospital with a torn Achilles tendon.

Still twenty miles from Yakutat, one of the ponies strained a tendon.

The bullets of the posse had neither torn a tendon nor broken a bone.

Word Value for tendon
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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