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enthesitis

enthesitis noun: an inflammatory disorder of entheses (bone attachments).

Noun

enthesitis (uncountable)

  1. An inflammatory disorder of entheses (bone attachments).

Origin of enthesitis

From enthesis + -itis.

Questions about enthesitis

What does enthesitis mean?
Enthesitis means an inflammatory disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
What part of speech is enthesitis?
Enthesitis is a noun.

Words near enthesitis in the dictionary

  1. entherocyte
  2. entheseal
  3. entheses
  4. enthesial
  5. enthesis
  6. enthesitis
  7. enthesopathic
  8. enthesopathies
  9. enthesopathy
  10. enthesophyte
  11. enthesophytes

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