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Tenon, n.2 Anat.|ˈtɛnən|
The name of J. R. Tenon (1724–1816), French anatomist, used in the possessive as Tenon's capsule, a delicate band of fascia with involuntary muscle fibres disposed round the eyeball (Syd. Soc. Lex.); Tenon's space, the episcleral space between Tenon's capsule and the sclera.
1868Hackley & Roosa tr. C. Stellwag von Carion's Treat. Dis. Eye i. xi. 434 This anterior part of the sheath of the eye-ball..is also described as Tenon's capsule. 1892A. Duane tr. Fuchs's Text-bk. Ophthalm. ii. xv. 285 Exudation into Tenon's space also occurs after it has been laid open by injuries. 1950Sci. News XV. 25 The eye does not form part of a ball-and-socket joint, like the hip joint, but resembles a ball in a sling, the latter..being composed of a thin sheet of fibrous and smooth muscle tissue, called Tenon's Capsule. 1979G. W. Cibis tr. Hollwich's Ophthalm. xvi. 238 The inflammation involves Tenon's capsule in either a serous or a purulent form. As a rule it remains restricted to Tenon's space.
Also Tenonian |təˈnəʊnɪən| a.: discovered or described by Tenon, as in Tenonian fascia or Tenonian capsule = Tenon's capsule; tenoˈnitis, inflammation of Tenon's capsule.
1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Tenon's capsule. Ibid., Tenonitis. 1891Cent. Dict., The Tenonian fascia or capsule. 1901Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2097. 575 The symptoms of tenonitis. |