tendinitis
/ˌtɛn.dəˈnaɪ.tɪs/
tendinitis noun: inflammation of a tendon.
Noun
tendinitis (countable and uncountable, plural tendinitises or tendinitides or tendinites)
- Inflammation of a tendon.
tendinitis meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
tendinitis in Tamil
- தசை நாண் அழற்சி, நாண் அழற்சி
tendinitis in Indonesian
- inflammation of a tendon
- tendinitis
Forms of tendinitis
| plural | tendinitises |
|---|---|
| plural | tendinitides |
| plural | tendinites |
| alternative form | tendonitis |
| alternative form | tenonitis |
Origin of tendinitis
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.
Words formed from tendinitis
Questions about tendinitis
- What does tendinitis mean?
- Tendinitis means inflammation of a tendon.
- What is tendinitis in Tamil?
- Tendinitis in Tamil is தசை நாண் அழற்சி, நாண் அழற்சி. See Tendinitis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tendinitis?
- Tendinitis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tendinitis?
- Tendinitis is pronounced /ˌtɛn.dəˈnaɪ.tɪs/.
- What is the plural of tendinitis?
- The plural of tendinitis is tendinitises.
Words near tendinitis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tendinitis (page history and authors); tendinitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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