TENDINOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tendinous mean? 

• TENDINOUS (adjective)
  The adjective TENDINOUS has 1 sense:

1. consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

  Familiarity information: TENDINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENDINOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

sinewy; tendinous

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

The route is used for local therapy in various conditions of the tendinous or bursal structures such as tendinitis, tenosynovitis, epicondylitis, etc. Depending on indications and the drug, injection could be done into the tendon sheath or into the substance of the tendon.

(Intratendinous Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)