tenocyte etymology

English word tenocyte comes from English -cyte, English teno- ((medicine, anatomy) tendon.)

Detailed word origin of tenocyte

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-cyte English (eng) Used to form cell names and classifications for mature cells.
teno- English (eng) (medicine, anatomy) tendon.
tenocyte English (eng) (cytology) An elongated fibroblast cell found in tendons.

Words with the same origin as tenocyte

Descendants of -cyte
adipocyte cholangiocytic chondrocyte coelomocyte corneocyte degmacyte dendrocyte enterocytic ependymocyte gonocyte hemocyte hepatocyte histiocytic histocyte lactocyte lipocyte lymphocyte lymphocytic macrocyte necrocyte pinacocyte plasmacyte solenocyte trophocyte
Descendants of teno-
tenoblast tenogenic tenolysis tenorrhaphy tenotomy