tendonitis
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Related to tendonitis: tennis elbow, Achilles tendinitis
ten·di·ni·tis
also ten·do·ni·tis (tĕn′də-nī′tĭs)n.
Inflammation of a tendon.
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Noun 1. tendonitis - inflammation of a tendon
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis, tennis elbow - painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
tendonous synovitis, tendosynovitis, tenosynovitis - inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath
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