tendon
Example Sentences
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He was limited to just three games in 2024 after sustaining a torn patellar tendon the previous season.
From Los Angeles Times
The star forward, who is rehabilitating from an Achilles tendon tear suffered in the playoffs last June, and has lately been practicing with the team, continues to sit out real action.
Dear God, let that not be a ligament or tendon I need to run.
It supports and strengthens skin, nails, bones and connective tissues, including tendons and cartilage.
From BBC
Clicking his tongue and shaking his head, he said, “That is a nasty cut but the tendon hasn’t been hurt at all. I hate to see anything crippled like that. It’s pitiful.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.