: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part (such as a bone) and transmits the force which the muscle exerts
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The tendon attaches the kneecap to the tibia and plays a crucial role in knee extension.
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Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
When the motor pulled the tendon in one direction, the beam compressed.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
This tendon is made up of four muscles that allow active motion of the shoulder.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Dell tore his Achilles tendon last season and will now have to wait until 2025 to return to the field.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
When the motor pulled the tendon in one direction, the beam compressed.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
This tendon is made up of four muscles that allow active motion of the shoulder.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Dell tore his Achilles tendon last season and will now have to wait until 2025 to return to the field.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Tendon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tendon. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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tendon
noun
ten·don
ˈten-dən 
: a tough cord or band of dense white connective tissue that links a muscle to some other part (as a bone)
Medical Definition
tendon
noun
ten·don
ˈten-dən
: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part, transmits the force which the muscle exerts, and is continuous with the connective-tissue epimysium and perimysium of the muscle and when inserted into a bone with the periosteum of the bone
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