Tendonitis is the medical term meaning inflammation of the connective tissue binding muscles to bones.
Tendinitis is the medical term for inflammation of a tendon. It can also be spelled "tendonitis".
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Tendonitis
The term arthritis it the term for inflammation of the joints. It comes from two Greek words arthro meaning joint and itis meaning inflammation.
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Costochondritis, also known as Tzietze's syndrome, is inflammation of the rib and joint.
Gouty arthritis is the medical term meaning inflammation of the joints resulting from hyperuricemia. Podagra is the name of the typical "big toe" presentation of gout.
Polyarthralgia. Poly- means many, arth- means joint, -algia is pain, arthralgia is joint pain. Usually the term polyarthralgia is used when five or more joints are affected. Another term used for joint pain is arthritis, which means inflammation "-itis" of the joint and can be caused by many different disorders, injuries, or infections. When multiple joints are inflamed, it could be called polyarthritis.
Osteoarthritis. "Oste/o-" is the combining form for bone. "Arthr/o-" is the combining form for joint. "-itis" is the suffix for inflammation. Inflammation of the joints leading to damage of the bone is one of a number of different forms of Arthritis.
Polyarthralgia is the term meaning pain in many joints. Poly- means many, and arthralgia is joint pain
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Ankylosis.Stiffness in the joints in medical terminology is also often referred to as arthritis, if the stiffness is caused by inflammation from disease, injury, disorder or infection.If the stiffness results in total joint immobility it is called an ankylosed joint.
"Synarthrosis" is the medical term meaning tight joints, i.e. joints that allow no movement between the bones. An example of this kind of joint are the sutures of the cranial bones.
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