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Meaning of Tendon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtɛn.dən

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الوتر عصب وتر
བོད་སྐད རྒྱུད་པ
Bosanski kita sena sene sin tetiva žila жила 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 fío liña
עברית גיד מיתר
हिन्दी नस पुट्ठा स्नायु
Hrvatski kita sena sene sin tetiva žila жила 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 vana
Кыргызча сиңир
Latina 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 kita sena sene sin tetiva žila жила 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

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

tendonectomy tendonogenesis Tendons tendoplasty tendosynovitis tendovaginitis

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