| tenodynia | Synonym: tenalgia. Origin: teno-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tenofibril | Synonym: tonofibril. Origin: teno-+ Mod. L. Fibrilla, a small fibre (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenolysis | Release of a tendon from adhesions. Synonym: tenolysis. Origin: tendo-+ G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenomyoplasty | A combined tenontoplasty and myoplasty, used in the radical correction of a hernia. Synonym: tenomyoplasty. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Mys, muscle, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenomyotomy | Cutting through the principal tendon of a muscle, with division of the muscle itself in whole or in part. Synonym: tenomyotomy, tenontomyotomy. Origin: myo-+ G. Tenon, tendon, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenon | A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Tenon saw, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. Origin: F, fr. Tenir to hold. See Tenable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Tenon's capsule | A condensation of connective tissue on the outer aspect of the sclera from which it is separated by a narrow cleftlike episcleral space; the sheath is attached to the sclera near the sclerocorneal junction and blends with the fascia of the extraocular muscles. Synonym: vagina bulbi, capsula bulbi, eye capsule, fascia bulbi, sheath of eyeball, Tenon's capsule, vagina oculi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tenon's space | The space between the fascial sheath of the eyeball and the sclera. Synonym: spatium episclerale, interfascial space, spatium interfasciale, spatium intervaginale bulbi oculi, Tenon's space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenonectomy | Resection of part of a tendon. Synonym: tenonectomy. Origin: G. Tenon, tendon, + ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenonian | <anatomy> Tenonian capsule, a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit. Synonym: capsule of Tenon. Origin: Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenonitis | 1. Inflammation of Tenon's capsule or the connective tissue within Tenon's space. Synonym: tendonitis. Origin: tenont-+ G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontitis | Synonym: tendonitis. Origin: tenont-+ G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenonto- | See: teno-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontodynia | Pain referred to a tendon. Synonym: tenodynia, tenontodynia. Origin: G. Tenon, tendon, + algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontography | A treatise on or description of the tendons. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Graphe, description (05 Mar 2000) |