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tendonitis

tendonitis

2 5.5
Pain and swelling in a tendon that makes movement hard
  • noun
  • /ˌtɛndəˈnaɪtɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tendinitis
  • Other discomforts that occurred during travel, as well as from long-term use, such as wrist tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, appeared to result from cumulative stress.
  • Achilles tendonitis
  • knee tendonitis
  • shoulder tendonitis

Georgie's Nana, She has tendonitis and she gets a high ring in her ear and it pounds her head.

Examples

  • The doctor said my persistent pain was due to tendonitis in my shoulder from overuse.

  • I wonder whether there could be long-term problems with tendonitis?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I've had tendonitis from exercise before, but never like this.

    Blog text (5)

  • Over time, the joint will break down, resulting in a painful condition called patellar tendonitis.

    Blog text (26)

  • I can't wait until I'm fifty and not able to walk, because I already feel tendonitis in my knee.

    Academic text (2002)

  • I'm off running due to tendonitis near my knee, so I had a nice sweaty yoga session this morning.

    Blog text (11)

  • I've got a nasty adductor strain, and I've also got hip tendonitis, and I'll need at least a month of physical therapy.

    Blog text (5)

  • I have also had nagging hip injuries, including hip flexor strain, hip tendonitis, and abductor issues.

    Blog text (5)

  • Overuse injuries of the hip in adults often lead to tendonitis or bursitis, whereas apophysitis or avulsion injury is much more common in children and adolescents (see Figure 2).

    Academic text (2006)

  • Some injuries being treated were tendonitis, soft tissue contusions, ankle inversion, sprains, knee ligament sprains, and shin splints.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

tendinitis
vstendonitis
  • Specialized
6 4.6

Pain and swelling in a tendon, often after using it too much

focuses on movement becoming limited by the inflammation rather than visible swelling

How Severe

tenosynovitis
  • Specialized
9.9
tendonitis
  • Specialized
2 5.5

Surface Forms

tendonitis singular
tendonitises plural

Morphology

tendonitis = tendon (transparent) = tendon + itis

Formed by the noun 'tendon' plus the productive medical suffix '‑itis' meaning 'inflammation', so the meaning is predictable from its parts for learners familiar with medical terminology.

Etymology

Tendonitis comes from tendon and the old root tend, which means 'to stretch', plus the ending -itis, meaning 'inflammation' or 'swelling'. So tendonitis is the swelling of a tendon, which is why it causes pain and makes movement hard.