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tendinitis Definition

ten·di·ni·tis (ten′də nītis)

noun

inflammation of a tendon

Etymology: < ModL tendo (gen. tendinis), tendon + -itis, -itis

tendinitis Usage Examples

Preposition: of

shoulder: In a controlled trial, patients with tendinitis of the shoulder received 24 treatments over six weeks of either ultrasound or a sham treatment.

Converse of object

  • cuff: The results of only three studies investigating rotator cuff tendinitis could be pooled.
  • show: Magnetic resonance scan will show tibialis tendon tendinitis or rupture.
  • include: The treatment of common injuries was discussed, including patellar tendinitis, ankle inversions, whiplash and tennis elbow.

Adjective modifier

  • calcific: Acute calcific tendinitis most often affects the shoulder of a young or middle-aged adult.
  • patellar: And you're the only one who knows what the doctors you talked to said, and what their qualifications with patellar tendinitis are.
  • acute: Acute calcific tendinitis most often affects the shoulder of a young or middle-aged adult.
  • chronic: Anyway, I've never heard of a lateral release being done on someone for chronic tendinitis.

Modifies a noun

  • etc: Over the following months my tendinitis etc gradually got less and disappeared.
  • symptom: The main lesson for me here is: If your tendinitis symptoms seem to improve or go away, they can easily come back!
  • problem: Bakke has come back from a tendinitis problem, and Johnson has been out for 9 months with a ligament injury.

Noun used with modifier

  • supraspinatus: When this is the cause of pain it is referred to as ' supraspinatus tendinitis ' .
  • shoulder: If we do quot we have had shoulder tendinitis bobby years old.
  • wrist: As a result, Tim suffered an overuse wrist tendinitis injury.
  • patella: The patella tendinitis was treated with manual soft- tissue techniques to eliminate the pain and inflammation.
  • tibialis: Magnetic resonance scan will show tibialis tendon tendinitis or rupture.

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