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Tendinitis vs Tendinopathy - What's the difference?

tendinitis | tendinopathy | Hyponyms |

Tendinopathy is a hyponym of tendinitis.



As nouns the difference between tendinitis and tendinopathy

is that tendinitis is inflammation of a tendon while tendinopathy is a disorder of the tendons.

tendinitis

English

(wikipedia tendinitis)

Alternative forms

* tendonitis, tenonitis

Noun

  • 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). * Scholarly use seems about equal (Google Scholar).

    tendinopathy

    English

    Noun

  • (pathology) A disorder of the tendons.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 20, author=Gina Kolata, title=One Injured Hamstring, a String of Treatments, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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. }}

    Hypernyms

    *arthropathy

    Hyponyms

    *tendinitis *tendinosis *enthesopathy

    Coordinate terms

    *synoviopathy *bursopathy