different between tendon vs tendinitis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tend?, from Ancient Greek ????? (tén?n, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tend? (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n.d?n/

Noun

tendon (plural tendons)

1. (anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.

   Synonym: sinew

2. (biology) The hamstring of a quadruped.
3. (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.

Derived terms

• tendonitis
• Achilles’ tendon

Translations

References

• “tendon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “tendon”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• ligament

Anagrams

• Denton

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ten.don/

Noun

tendon

1. accusative singular of tendo

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tend?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

tendon m (plural tendons)

1. tendon

Related terms

• tendineux
• tendinite

Further reading

• “tendon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tendon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ten?don/

Noun

tendon n (plural tendoane)

1. (anatomy) tendon

Declension

Derived terms

• tendonul lui Ahile

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tendon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?n?d?n/

Noun

tendon (definite accusative tendonu, plural tendonlar)

1. (anatomy) tendon

Synonyms

• kiri?

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.