different between tendinitis vs arthritis

English

Alternative forms

• tendonitis, tenonitis

Etymology

New Latin from tendin-, stem of Medieval Latin tendo, from Late Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek ????? (tén?n, “tendon, sinew”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ndn??a?.t?s/

Noun

tendinitis (countable and uncountable, plural tendinitises or tendinitides)

1. Inflammation of a tendon.

Usage notes

• This spelling (tendinitis) is the one most commonly used in the US (COCA).
• Tendonitis is the more common in the UK (BNC).

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

tendón +? -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tendi?nitis/, [t??n?.d?i?ni.t?is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Hyphenation: ten?di?ni?tis

Noun

tendinitis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) tendinitis

Further reading

• “tendinitis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ???????? (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ?????? (árthron, “a joint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??(?)???a?t?s/

Noun

arthritis (countable and uncountable, plural arthritides)

1. Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• arthralgia
• arthrosis
• rheumatism
• gout

Further reading

• arthritis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• arthritis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• arthritis at OneLook Dictionary Search

Interlingua

Noun

arthritis (uncountable)

1. arthritis

Related terms

• arthritic