tendinitis

English

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Alternative forms

• tendonitis, tenonitis

Etymology

New Latin from tendin-, stem of Medieval Latin tendo, from Late Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek τένων (tenon, “tendon, sinew”)

Noun

tendinitis (countable and uncountable; plural tendinitises or tendinitides)

1. Inflammation of a tendon.

Usage notes

• This spelling (tendinitis) is the one most commonly used in the US (COCA).
• Tendonitis is the more common in the UK (BNC).
• Scholarly use seems about equal (Google Scholar).

Translations

inflammation of a tendon

• Finnish: jännetulehdus (fi)

• Polish: zapalenie ścięgien (pl) n