| tenontodynia | Pain referred to a tendon. Synonym: tenodynia, tenontodynia. Origin: G. Tenon, tendon, + algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tenontography | A treatise on or description of the tendons. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Graphe, description (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontolemmitis | Synonym: tenosynovitis. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Lemma, husk, + -itis (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontology | The branch of science that has to do with the tendons. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontomyoplasty | 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) |
| tenontomyotomy | 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) |
| tenontoplastic | Relating to tenontoplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontoplasty | Reparative or plastic surgery of the tendons. Synonym: tendinoplasty, tendoplasty, tenoplasty. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenontothecitis | Synonym: tenosynovitis. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Theke, case, box, + -itis (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenophony | A heart murmur assumed to be due to an abnormal condition of the chordae tendineae. Synonym: tendophony. Origin: teno-+ G. Phone, sound (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenophyte | Bony or cartilaginous growth in or on a tendon. Origin: teno-+ G. Phyton, plant (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenoplastic | Relating to tenoplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenoplasty | Reparative or plastic surgery of the tendons. Synonym: tendinoplasty, tendoplasty, tenoplasty. Origin: tenonto-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenor | 1. A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career. "Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their away." (Gray) 2. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding. "When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor." (Shak) "Does not the whole tenor of the divine law positively require humility and meekness to all men?" (Spart) 3. Stamp; character; nature. "This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor." (Dryden) 4. An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument. 5. [F. Tenor, L. Tenor, properly, a holding; so called because the tenor was the voice which took and held the principal part, the plain song, air, or tune, to which the other voices supplied a harmony above and below: cf. It. Tenore. The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary. A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it. Old Tenor, new Tenor, Middle Tenor, different descriptions of paper money, issued at different periods, by the American colonial governments in the last century. Origin: L, from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: cf. F. Teneur. See Tenable, and cf. Tenor a kind of voice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenoreceptor | A receptor in a tendon, activated by increased tension. (05 Mar 2000) |