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TENOSYNOVITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenosynovitis mean? 

TENOSYNOVITIS (noun)
  The noun TENOSYNOVITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheathplay

  Familiarity information: TENOSYNOVITIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TENOSYNOVITIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

tendonous synovitis; tendosynovitis; tenosynovitis

Hypernyms ("tenosynovitis" is a kind of...):

synovitis (inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling)

tendinitis; tendonitis; tenonitis (inflammation of a tendon)


 Context examples 


The route is used for local therapy in various conditions of the tendinous or bursal structures such as tendinitis, tenosynovitis, epicondylitis, etc. Depending on indications and the drug, injection could be done into the tendon sheath or into the substance of the tendon.

(Intratendinous Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)



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