Definition of Tendinitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of a tendon.


Definition of Tendinitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of a tendon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tendinitis

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Medical Definition of Tendinitis

1. Inflammation of tendons and of tendon muscle attachments. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendinitis

tenderloins
tenderly
tenderness
tenderness to palpation
tendernesses
tenderometer
tenderometers
tenderoni
tenderonis
tenderpreneur
tenderpreneurs
tenders
tending
tending(p)
tendinitides
tendinitis (current term)
tendinitises
tendinopathies
tendinopathy
tendinoplasty
tendinosis
tendinosuture
tendinous
tendinous arch
tendinous arch of soleus muscle
tendinous chiasm of the digital tendons
tendinous cords
tendinous inscription

Literary usage of Tendinitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General surgery by Eugen Fröhner (1906)
"In most cases tendinitis is primarily traumatic in character ; as it is not ... The following conditions predispose to tendinitis: abnormal positions, ..."

2. Catechism of the Principles of Veterinary Surgery by Willy Edward Alexander Wyman (1905)
"Name the ca'ises of tendinitis. Predisposed to this trouble are animals with a ... Direct causes, usually of a traumatic nature, of primary tendinitis are ..."

3. Cumulative Trauma Disorders in the Workplace: Bibliography by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Ergonomics considerations in hand and wrist tendinitis. ... Forty-five workers fulfilled the criteria for tendinitis in the interview, and 29 workers with ..."

4. Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by David F. Apple, Jr. (1996)
"Tenderness at the rotator cuff insertion, easily exposed with passive extension of the shoulder, is consistent with rotator cuff tendinitis. ..."

5. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Selected Referencesby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Other disorders that are included in NIOSH studies are tenosynovitis, tendinitis, and medial epicondylitis. Some of these overlap with other disorders ..."

6. Veterinarian's Handbook of Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Denney Hammond Udall (1922)
"This is followed with an acute swelling that gradually recedes and leaves permanent improvement. Tendovaginitis cf tendinitis. Tenesmus. ..."

7. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1897)
"There was a large ringbone, a large splint, and chronic tendinitis. ... Pony, nine or ten years old, suffering from chronic tendinitis, contracted tendon, ..."

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