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heart strings

noun

Meaning

  1. The tendons once thought to brace the heart.
  2. One's deepest emotions or inner feelings.
  3. The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

eye-string(English)heartbalm(English)heart-balm(English)collar-bone(English)g string(English)head band(English)collar bone(English)herring-bone(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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