tendinitis

• tendonitis, tenonitis

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛndn̩ˌaɪ.tɪs/

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tendinitis (countable and uncountable, plural tendinitises or tendinitides or tendinites)

1. Inflammation of a tendon.

• This spelling (tendinitis) is the one most commonly used in the US (COCA).
• Tendonitis is the more common in the UK (BNC).

From tendón +‎ -itis.

• IPA^(key): /tendiˈnitis/ [t̪ẽn̪.d̪iˈni.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: ten‧di‧ni‧tis

tendinitis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) tendinitis

• “tendinitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014