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tendinitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌtɛn.dəˈnaɪ.tɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of a tendon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of a tendon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tendonitis, tenonitis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

Narrower terms: tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis, tenosynovitis, tendosynovitis, tendonous synovitis

History

Etymology

From New Latin from tendin-, stem of Medieval Latin tendo, from Late Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon, sinew”). By surface analysis, tendon + -itis and tendo- + -itis but not actually formed in this way; similarly with tendinopathy § Etymology.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: възпаление на сухожилие (vǎzpalenie na suhožilie) — inflammation of a tendon
  • Catalan: tenonitis — inflammation of a tendon
  • Catalan: tendinitis — inflammation of a tendon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肌腱炎 (jījiànyán) — inflammation of a tendon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腱炎 (jiànyán) — inflammation of a tendon
  • Dutch: peesontsteking — inflammation of a tendon
  • Dutch: tendinitis — inflammation of a tendon
  • Finnish: jännetulehdus — inflammation of a tendon
  • French: tendinite — inflammation of a tendon
  • German: Sehnenentzündung — inflammation of a tendon
  • German: Sehnenscheidenentzündung — inflammation of a tendon
  • Greek: τενοντίτιδα (tenontítida) — inflammation of a tendon
  • Hungarian: íngyulladás — inflammation of a tendon
  • Indonesian: tendinitis — inflammation of a tendon
  • Italian: tendinite — inflammation of a tendon
  • Polish: zapalenie ścięgien — inflammation of a tendon
  • Portuguese: tendinite — inflammation of a tendon
  • Spanish: tendinitis — inflammation of a tendon
  • Turkish: tendinit — inflammation of a tendon
  • Turkish: kiriş iltihabı — inflammation of a tendon