Tendinitises

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Inflammations of tendons often caused by repetitive strain or injury; characterized by pain, swelling, and impaired movement; commonly affecting areas such as the wrist, elbow, or ankle
2. Conditions involving irritation and swelling of connective tissue connecting muscle to bone; typically resulting from overuse or trauma; symptoms include tenderness, restricted function, and discomfort during activity
3. Disorders marked by inflammation in the fibrous bands linking muscles to bones; frequently developing due to repetitive motions or stress; manifested by localized soreness, swelling, and difficulty with normal motion

Etymology: The plural here is the hard part, because "tendinitises" is an inflected form of "tendinitis", a medical term built from Greek. The source word goes back to "tenōn", the Ancient Greek for tendon or sinew. Latin borrowed it as "tendō", and medieval Latin writers made the stem "tendin-" from it. Medical Latin then attached the suffix "-itis", which had been used in Greek to name inflammation, and the result passed into English as "tendinitis". The surface analysis is misleading. Readers might assume the word is simply "tendon" plus "-itis", but the stem comes from the Latin "tendō" rather than the English "tendon", and the two were never combined that way. The "-itis" suffix is the real Greek element, and its use for inflammation dates back to the Greeks themselves. Plurals of "-itis" words are unusual because English speakers hesitate over whether to add "-es" or treat the Greek ending as settled. "Tendinitises" is therefore a regular English plural of the noun "tendinitis", meaning several distinct cases of the condition.

Synonyms: tendon inflammations, tendonitis, tendons inflammations