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nouna cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
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- collagen a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
- hamstring one of the tendons at the back of the knee
- sinewy consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
- tendonitis inflammation of a tendon
- rheumatology the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints
- tendinitis inflammation of a tendon
- sesamoid any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
- lateral epicondylitis painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
- strabotomy the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus
- tendosynovitis inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath