Tenosynovitis

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  • noun. Inflammation of a tendon sheath.
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  • noun. Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.
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  • noun. An inflammation of the fluid-filled sheath (the synovium) that surrounds a tendon.
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  • noun. inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath
    • Word Usage
    "Whether or not it was carpal tunnel syndrome before, now I have been diagnosed with De Quervain's tenosynovitis, which is just a really fancy way of saying inflamed thumb tendons."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    synovitis  tendinitis  tendonitis  tenonitis  
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