tendinopathy en · NOUN
Etymology
Comparable to surface analyses of tendon + -o- + -pathy and tendo- + -pathy but not thus formed; see more at tendinitis § Etymology.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A disorder of the tendons.
When I read that tendinopathy is thought to be slow to heal, in part because blood flow to tendons is limited, I decided that I was already doing something that might help.
2009 August 20, Gina Kolata, “One Injured Hamstring, a String of Treatments”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tendinopathies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
tendinopathic · tendinopathogenesis
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
tendinitis · enthesopathy · tendinosis
Translations (3)
fi tendinopatia (a disorder of the tendons) · pl tendinopatia (a disorder of the tendons) · it tendinopatia (a disorder of the tendons)