Dictionary entry

Tenonian

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Te‐no″ni‐an (?), a.(Anat.) Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.

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.