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/ˈtɛn.dən/ · noun
(anatomy) 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..
I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.
Use tendon when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tendon means (anatomy) 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..
Common synonyms include sinew.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone.
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