tendinopathy

noun

ˌten-də-ˈnä-pə-thē 

variants or less commonly tendonopathy

: injury to a tendon (as from acute trauma or chronic overuse) that is often accompanied by pain, weakness, inflammation, or stiffness

especially : a chronic progressive degeneration of a tendon that involves little inflammation : tendinosis

Word History

Etymology

tendin-, tendon- (as in tendinitis, tendonitis) + -o- + -pathy

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

tendinopathy

noun

ten·​di·​nop·​a·​thy ˌten-də-ˈnäp-ə-thē 

variants also tendonopathy

: injury to a tendon (as from acute trauma or chronic overuse) that is often accompanied by pain, weakness, inflammation, or stiffness

especially : a chronic progressive degeneration of a tendon that involves little inflammation : tendinosis