a river in E Kenya, rising in the Aberdare Range and flowing in a wide curve east to the Indian Ocean: the longest river in Kenya. Length: 708 km (440 miles)
3.
a river in NE Norway, flowing generally northeast as part of the border between Norway and Finland to the Arctic Ocean by Tana Fjord. Length: about 320 km (200 miles)
Finnish name: Teno
teno- in British English
or before a vowel ten-
combining form
tendon
tenosynovitis
Word origin
from Greek tenōn
tendon in British English
(ˈtɛndən)
noun
a cord or band of white inelastic collagenous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or some other part; sinew
teno- in American English
(ˈtɛnoʊ; ˈtɛnə)
tendon
tenotomy
Word origin
< Gr tenōn, tendon
teno- in American English
prefix
a combining form meaning “tendon,” used in the formation of compound words