tendinitis

tendinitis

English

Alternative forms

• tendonitis, tenonitis

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛndn̩ˌaɪ.tɪs/

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Noun

tendinitis (countable and uncountable, plural tendinitises or tendinitides or tendinites)

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).

Translations

inflammation of a tendon

Bulgarian: възпаление на сухожилие (vǎzpalenie na suhožilie) Catalan: tenonitis f, tendinitis (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 肌腱炎 (zh) (jījiànyán), 腱炎 (zh) (jiànyán) Finnish: jännetulehdus German: Sehnenentzündung f Hungarian: íngyulladás (hu) Italian: tendinite (it) f Polish: zapalenie ścięgien n Portuguese: tendinite (pt) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: tendinitis (es) f

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Spanish

Etymology

tendón +‎ -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tendiˈnitis/ [t̪ẽn̪.d̪iˈni.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: ten‧di‧ni‧tis

Noun

tendinitis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) tendinitis

Further reading

• “tendinitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014