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Meaning of Tendon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈtɛn.dən

Definitions

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.
The hamstring of a quadruped.
A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

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العربية الوتر عصب وتر

བོད་སྐད རྒྱུད་པ

Bosanski in kita sena sene sin tetiva žila жила коса тетива

Català tendó

Čeština šlacha

Dansk sene

Deutsch Sehne

Ελληνικά τένοντας

Esperanto tendeno

Español tendón

فارسی پی

Suomi jänne suoni

Français tendon

Galego balastrón balistrón bestra corda fío liña nervio tendón

עברית גיד מיתר

हिन्दी नस पुट्ठा स्नायु

Hrvatski in kita sena sene sin tetiva žila жила коса тетива

Magyar ín

Հայերեն ջիլ

Bahasa Indonesia urat

Íslenska sin

Italiano tendine

日本語筋腱

ქართული მყესი

Қазақша сіңір

ខ្មែរ សរសៃ សរសៃពួរ

한국어 건 심줄 힘줄

Kurdî gan gan in în în sehne sena şene şîn şîn sinir vana

Кыргызча сиңир

Latina tendo tenon

Lëtzebuergesch Fies

Latviešu cīpsla dzīsla

Te Reo Māori iaia io ioio uaua

Македонски тетива

မြန်မာဘာသာ အရွတ်

Nederlands pees

Polski ścięgno

Português tendão

Română vână

Русский жила сухожилие

Slovenčina šľacha

Slovenščina kita

Shqip dell

Српски in kita sena sene sin tetiva žila жила коса тетива

Svenska sena

తెలుగు స్నాయువు

ไทย เส้นเอ็น เอ็น แถบเอ็น

Tagalog litid

Türkçe kiriş sinir tendon

ئۇيغۇرچە سىڭىر

Українська жила коса сухожилля

Tiếng Việt gan

Examples

“I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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