tendonitis
Noun
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Inflammation of a tendon (synset 114379983)
is a type of: inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heatsubtypes:
- lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis, tennis elbow - painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
- tendonous synovitis, tendosynovitis, tenosynovitis - inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath
same as: tendinitis, tenonitis
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