Tendon

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

Examples

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

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