Tendonitis

[nq:1]Why is the primary spelling of tendonitis, tendinitis? I don't have any tendins.[/nq]
How do you know?
Mike

M.J.Powell

[nq:2]Why is the primary spelling of tendonitis, tendinitis? I don't have any tendins.[/nq]
[nq:1]How do you know?[/nq]
I couldn't find tendin in the dictionary, so I figure you don't have them either.
[nq:1]Mike[/nq]
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[nq:1]I couldn't find tendin in the dictionary, so I figure you don't have them either.[/nq]
So, returning to the original question: the adjective for something with tendons is "tendinous", rather than "tendonous".

I'm guessing here, but the name of the condition was presumably generated from the adjective meaning "with tendons" rather than from the root noun.

Cheers, Harvey

[nq:1]I couldn't find tendin in the dictionary, so I figure you don't have them either.[/nq]
Where is "tendinitis" listed as the primary spelling? My copy of Tabor's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary lists both spellings with the same definition.
(L. tendo, tendon + Gr itis, inflammation) Inflammation of a tendon.
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

[nq:2]I couldn't find tendin in the dictionary, so I figure you don't have them either.[/nq]
[nq:1]Where is "tendinitis" listed as the primary spelling? My copy of Tabor's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary lists both spellings with the same definition. (L. tendo, tendon + Gr itis, inflammation) Inflammation of a tendon.[/nq]
My copy of the "Merck Manual of Medical Information" (2003) an

[nq:1]I couldn't find tendin in the dictionary, so I figure you don't have them either.[/nq]
Ahh! Sneaky things, them tendins...
Mike

M.J.Powell

[nq:2]Where is "tendinitis" listed as the primary spelling? My copy ... tendo, tendon + Gr itis, inflammation) Inflammation of a tendon.[/nq]
[nq:1]My copy of the "Merck Manual of Medical Information" (2003) and my copy of the "Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary" (1994) ... changes. If enough people use a word for a long enough period of time it generally finally becomes acceptable. (unq

[nq:1]I don't have any tendins.[/nq]
That is to say you're Medieval? Like most medical terminology, it's derived from New Latin, not Modern English. The combining form was *tendon-* back when we borrowed it for the word "tendon."

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