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tendinitis

American  
[ten-duh-nahy-tis] / ˌtɛn dəˈnaɪ tɪs /
Also tendonitis,

noun

Pathology.
  1. inflammation of a tendon.


tendinitis British  
/ ˌtɛndəˈnaɪtɪs /

noun

  1. inflammation of a tendon

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Etymology

Origin of tendinitis

1895–1900; < New Latin tendin- ( tendinous ) + -itis

Example Sentences

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In a nod to her age and the fact that she’s still growing, Brewer sometimes gets tendinitis in her knees.

From Los Angeles Times

He made the All-Star team last season, but tendinitis in his pitching elbow kept him from pitching in the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’ve been dealing with patella tendinitis the entire season but over the weeks the pain has decreased,” Webster said.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, of course, Glasnow became one of the biggest pieces the Dodgers wound up missing last October, after getting shut down in mid-August with elbow tendinitis.

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His playing time has been severely curtailed because of tendinitis in both elbows, however, something he attributed to “bat adjustments” made last season.

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