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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Inflammation of a tendon.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Inflammation of a tendon.

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  • noun Inflammation of a tendon.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun inflammation of a tendon

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin tendō-, tendin-, tendon; see tendinous + –itis.]

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New Latin from tendin-, stem of Medieval Latin tendo, from Late Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek τένων (tenon, "tendon, sinew")

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