Tenonian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
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