zona tendinosa, n.

zona-tendinosa
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zona tendinosanoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zona tendinosa come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the noun zona tendinosa is in the 1840s.

OED's only evidence for zona tendinosa is from 1842, in the writing of Robley Dunglison, physician and medical writer.

### Nearby entries

1. zonality, n. 1909–
2. zonally, adv. 1873–
3. zonal marking, n. 1958–
4. zona pellucida, n. 1841–
5. zona radiata, n. 1881–
6. zona reticularis, n. 1874–
7. zonarious, adj. 1656–
8. zonary, adj. 1881–
9. zonate, adj. 1866–
10. zonated, adj. 1803–
11. zona tendinosa, n.1842–
12. zonation, n. 1898–
13. zone, n. a1500–
14. zone, v. 1792–
15. zone centre | zone center, n. 1934–
16. zoned, adj. 1662–
17. zone defence | zone defense, n. 1927–
18. zone electrophoresis, n. 1952–
19. zone fossil, n. 1904–
20. zoneless, adj. 1748–
21. zonelet, n. 1855–

## Meaning & use

1. 1842–
   See zona n. Compounds.
   1. 1842

      > Zona Tendinosa, the whitish circle around the auriculo-ventricular orifice of the right side of the heart.

      R. Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (ed. 3)

Originally published as part of the entry for zona, n.

zona, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.