TENDMENT
Tend"ment, n.
Defn: Attendance; care. [Obs.]
TENDON Ten"don, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.] (Anat.)
Defn: A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. Tendon reflex (Physiol.), 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.
TENDONOUS
Ten"don*ous, a.
Defn: Tendinous.
TENDOSYNOVITIS
Ten`do*syn`o*vi"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Tendon, and Synovitis.]
Defn: See Tenosynovitis.
TENDRAC
Ten"drac, n. Etym: [See Tenrec.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidæ, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.