tendon

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n. 腱 [医] 腱

发音

US /ˈtɛn.dən/

词形变化

tendons 复数 tendons

教材释义与例句

名词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    肌腱

    医学
  2. 2.

    The hamstring of a quadruped.

    生物
  3. 3.

    A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

    商务 建筑 工程

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词源

Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”). Compare Middle English thenoun.

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