tenonitis

[ten-uh-nahy-tis]

noun Pathology.

tendinitis.

Origin of tenonitis

1885–90; < Greek ténōn tendon + -itis

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Examples from the Web for tenonitis

Historical Examples of tenonitis

Tenonitis very rarely occurs, but may lead to matting down of all the extra-ocular muscles and defective movements of the globe.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
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tenonitis in Medicine

tenonitis

[tĕn′ə-nī′tĭs]

n.

Inflammation of Tenon's capsule or the connective tissue within Tenon's space.
Tendinitis.

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