Etymology

paratenon

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Today it means: A fatty areolar tissue that fills the interstitia within the fascia where a tendon is located. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τένων
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτένων“tendon”
  2. English todayparatenon

From para- + Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτένων all →

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