tendinopathy

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Comparable to surface analyses of tendon +‎ -o- +‎ -pathy and tendo- +‎ -pathy but not thus formed; see more at tendinitis § Etymology.

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tendinopathy (countable and uncountable, plural tendinopathies)

  1. (pathology) A disorder of the tendons.
    • 2009 August 20, Gina Kolata, “One Injured Hamstring, a String of Treatments”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.

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