tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious

An of the inelastic cords of tough, fibrous connective tissue in which muscle fibers end and by which muscles are attached to bones or other parts; sinew.

A heart murmur assumed to be due to an abnormal condition of the chordae tendineae (thread-like bands of fibrous tissue).

1. A slender stemlike structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support; spirally coiling organs of climbing plants.
2. A slender climbing organ formed by modification of a part of a plant, such as a stem, a leaf or leaflet, or a stipule (one of a pair of appendages at the bases of leaves in many dicotyledons).
3. A twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant; such as, a grape or cucumber, grasps an object or a plant for support.
4. Something; such as, a ringlet of hair, that is long, slender, and curling.
5. Etymology: from Middle French (c.1400-c.1600) tendrillon, "bud, shoot, cartilage"; perhaps a diminutive of tendron, "cartilage"; from Old French (c.900-1400) tendre, "soft", or possibly from Latin tendere, "to stretch, to extend".

Acting as a tendril; twining.

Descriptive of a slender, simple or branched, elongated organ used in climbing, at first soft and flexible, later becoming stiff and hard.

Characterized as a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form; which attaches itself to, or twines around, some other body to support the plant.

1. Shortened from Old French tendrillon, from French tendre, "tender"; hence, properly, the "tender branch" or "spring of a plant".
2. A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.

Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion flower; the end of a leaf, as with the pea; or stipules (pairs of appendages at the bases of leaves).

1. Excision of a growth on a tendon or on a tendon sheath.
2. Resection (excision) of part of a tendon.