Tendon
Tendon , noun
[French, from Latin tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.]
(Anatomy) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
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Tendon reflex (Physiology) , 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.