The combining forms presented in this text are legitimate ; however, you will not find all
the combining forms used in this text in any one medical dictionary. The combining
form of the stem, tendo, for example does not appear in some dictionaries and appears
in different forms in other medical dictionaries as follows:
Stedman's Medical Dictionary - tendo-. Combining form meaning tendon; see also
teno-. Teno -, tenon-, tenonto -. Combining forms meaning tendon. See also tendo-.
Blakinton's Gould Medical Dictionary - ten- , teno- . A combining form meaning tendon.
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary - teno-, tenonto-. Combining form denoting
relationship to a tendon.
Several sources were used as references in compiling the information included in this
text including the following:
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Blakinton's Gould Medical Dictionary.
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary.
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