a. [ad. F. tendineux (Paré, 16th c.), f. med. or mod.L. tendo, tendin-em TENDON.] Of the nature of a tendon; consisting of tendons.

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1658.  Rowland, Moufet’s Theat. Ins., 931. His head is full of sinewes, his body soft, his tail tendinous.

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1715.  Cheyne, Philos. Princ. Relig., I. 110. The Elasticity of Tendinous Bodies.

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1822.  J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 194. A bivalve shell adherent to marine bodies … by a tendinous cord.

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1875.  Huxley & Martin, Elem. Biol. (1883), 200. The pectoral region; part … only covered by tendinous tissue.

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