Endotenon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fine connective tissue between the strands of a tendon.

    "In the later cases, the transplanted tendon showed a slight hypertrophy of the endotenon and of the blood-vessels (Fig. 2) and was slightly softer than the normal; otherwise no changes were noted."

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epitenonparatenon

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"In the later cases, the transplanted tendon showed a slight hypertrophy of the endotenon and of the blood-vessels (Fig. 2) and was slightly softer than the normal; otherwise no changes were noted."

Etymology

From endo- + Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon”).

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