TENDON

tendon. Tendon, n. sinew, a general ligature of joints

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Ten″don (?), n. [[F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.]] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. Tendon reflex (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee.