[ noun ] a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment <noun.body>
Tendon \Ten"don\, n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tend} to move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
{Tendon reflex} (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See {Knee jerk}, under {Knee}.
The operation involved stitching the tendon, said spokeswoman Penina Kirshenbaum.
In contrast to her fitness, Anne's husband, Mark Phillips, was hobbling on crutches because of an Achilles tendon injury he suffered last fall.