Definition of Tendinous

1. Adjective. Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon.

Exact synonyms: Sinewy
Partainyms: Sinew, Tendon
Derivative terms: Sinew, Tendon

Definition of Tendinous

1. a. Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.

Definition of Tendinous

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon or sinew ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tendinous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Tendinous

1. Relating to, composed of, or resembling a tendon. Origin: Mediev. L., fr. L. Tendo, to stretch out, extend (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendinous

tenderoni
tenderonis
tenderpreneur
tenderpreneurs
tenders
tending
tending(p)
tendinitides
tendinitis
tendinitises
tendinopathies
tendinopathy
tendinoplasty
tendinosis
tendinosuture
tendinous (current term)
tendinous arch
tendinous arch of soleus muscle
tendinous chiasm of the digital tendons
tendinous cords
tendinous inscription
tendinous opening
tendinous spot
tendinous synovitis
tendinous xanthoma
tendment
tendo-
tendo Achillis

Literary usage of Tendinous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The Central tendinous Point of the Perineum.—This is a fibrous point in the middle line ... It arises by tendinous fibres from the inner and forepart of the ..."

2. A Text-book of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"The tendinous Sense. — In all cases of severe or prolonged muscular work, ... tendinous tissue is, as we have said, directly continuous with the muscle ..."

3. A Text-book of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"The tendinous Sense. — In all cases of severe or prolonged muscular work, ... tendinous tissue is, as we have said, directly continuous with the muscle ..."

4. A Text-book of psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"The tendinous Sense. — In all cases of severe or prolonged muscular work, we get a sensation ... In seeking to discover the nature of tendinous sensation, ..."

5. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"It arises from the tip of the coccyx by a narrow tendinous band, and from the superficial fascia in ... is inserted into the central tendinous point of the ..."

6. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"... ligament of the wrist, and is inserted, tendinous and fleshy, into the fore-part of the metacarpal bone of the little finger, from its base to its head. ..."

7. A Manual of syphilis and the venereal diseases by James Nevins Hyde, Frank Hugh Montgomery (1900)
"The tendons and the tendinous sheaths maybe acutely or slowly involved in ... They are due to effusion in the tendinous sheaths, and their formation may be ..."

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