paratenon

paratenon
The tissue, fatty or synovial, between a tendon and its sheath. [para- + G. tenon, tendon]

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para·ten·on .par-ə-'ten-ən, -(.)än n the areolar tissue filling the space between a tendon and its sheath

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n.
the tissue of a tendon sheath that fills up spaces round the tendon.

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para·ten·on (par″ə-tenґon) [para- + Gr. tenōn tendon] the fatty areolar tissue filling the interstices of the fascial compartment in which a tendon is situated.

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