Synonyms for tendon
ˈtɛn dənten·don

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1. tendonnoun

   Synonyms:
   sinew

2. tendonnoun

   A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.

   Synonyms:
   sinew

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. tendon, sinewnoun

   a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

   Synonyms:
   muscle, muscularity, brawniness, sinew, brawn, heftiness

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1. • Connective Tissue

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1. tendonnoun

   Synonyms:
   sinew

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1. List of paraphrases for "tendon":

   sinew

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1. Sidney Rice:

   I had both shoulders repaired, torn labrums in both, microfracture on my right hip, torn ACL in my left knee, torn patella tendon in my right knee, so on and so forth.

2. David Geier:

   Often, if they had taken steps when they started having soreness along the patella tendon or Achilles tendon, such as taking a few days off or seeing a doctor or physical therapist, they could have limited the issue before became a much larger and more challenging problem.

3. Guillermo Ameer:

   By saving the patient’s patellar tendon and using an off-the-shelf product, one may have a better chance of preserving the natural biomechanics of the knee.

4. David Teuscher:

   What has to happen is the tendon has to be reattached to the bone, typically we use non-absorbable or absorbable suture anchors into the humerus bone, and [that] ties the tendon back to the bone, but that won’t hold forever, it has to have a biologic process and undergo a strengthening period.