endotenon

E1N1D2O1T1E1N1O1N1

noun

The fine connective tissue between the strands of a tendon.

OriginAncient Greek τένων →
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Meanings

noun
  1. anatomyThe fine connective tissue between the strands of a tendon.

    In the later cases, the transplanted tendon showed a slight hypertrophy of the endotenon and of the blood-vessels (Fig. 2) and was slightly softer than the normal; otherwise no changes were noted.

    1916, Leo Mayer, “The physiological method of tendon transplantation”, in Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, volume 22, page 475

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτένων“tendon”
  2. Englishendotenon

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

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Chicago

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