Disease or Syndrome
tenosynovitis Audio
ten·o·syn·o·vi·tis [ ten-oh-sin-uh-vahy-tis ]
Subclass of:
Tendinopathy
Etymology:
Greek tenon = tendon + syn = with + Latin ovum = egg, and -itis = inflammation.
Definitions related to tenosynovitis:
  • Inflammation of the synovial lining of a tendon sheath. Causes include trauma, tendon stress, bacterial disease (gonorrhea, tuberculosis), rheumatic disease, and gout. Common sites are the hand, wrist, shoulder capsule, hip capsule, hamstring muscles, and Achilles tendon. The tendon sheaths become inflamed and painful, and accumulate fluid. Joint mobility is usually reduced.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Swelling and inflammation of the protective sheath covering the tendons, which decreases the sheath's production of synovial fluid.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Tenosynovitis is inflammation of a tendon and its sheath. Most acute cases of flexor tenosynovitis (FT), which involves disruption of normal flexor tendon function in the hand, are the result of infection.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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