tendinitis Path.
(tɛndɪˈnaɪtɪs)
Also tendonitis.
[f. med.L. tendin-em, tendōn-em tendon + -itis.]
Inflammation of a tendon.
| 1900 in Dorland Med. Dict. 1940 B. I. Comroe Arthritis xxx. 368 Classified according to location, fibrositis is known as:..Tendinitis—involvement of the fibrous tissue of tendons. 1948 Nomencl. Disease (R. Coll. Physicians) (ed. 7) v. 99/1 Calcareous tendonitis. 1972 Time 18 Sept. 35/1 Tendinitis of the knees. 1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 9 Jan. 2/2 Tendonitis is a fairly common occurence, especially in the shoulder or elbow or heel. In tendonitis (tennis elbow is an example of it) the joint has been injured or irritated in some way. |