EGAVE

tendon

About 5.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
  2. noun The hamstring of a quadruped.
  3. noun A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
  4. noun Tempura donburi, a bowl of rice topped with vegetables or seafood fried in batter.

Similar words

sinew muscle sublimis band aponeurosis cord ligament connective-tissue hamstring musculotendon

Often followed by

of is reflexes and sheath to sheaths in organs

Word family

tendons

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