tendinitis

Etymology

New Latin from tendin-, stem of Medieval Latin tendo, from Late Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon, sinew”); comparable to surface analyses of tendon + -itis and tendo- + -itis but not thus formed; as also with tendinopathy § Etymology.

noun

  1. Inflammation of a tendon.

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