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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment;
[syn: tendon, sinew]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tendon \Ten"don\, n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. [1913 Webster] 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 Knee. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tendon n 1: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment [syn: tendon, sinew]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "tendon": bone, braid, brail, cable, cartilage, cord, ligament, ligation, ligature, line, ossicle, rope, spun yarn, string, thong, twine, twist, wire, yarn