- Tenonian capsule
- Tenonian Te*no"ni*an, a. (Anat.)
Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.
[1913 Webster]
{Tenonian capsule} (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; -- called also {capsule of Tenon}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.