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6 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
originBorrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”). Compare Middle English thenoun.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0