What it means
The root in words about tendons, also written tend/o and tendin/o. Tendinitis is an inflamed tendon, tenotomy is cutting a tendon, and tenosynovitis is swelling of a tendon and its covering. The Achilles tendon joins the calf muscles to the heel bone.
At a glance
| Also written | tend/o, tendin/o, teno- |
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Related terms
-itis
A word ending that means inflammation.
musculoskeletal
Having to do with the muscles, bones, joints, tendons and ligaments.
skeletal muscle
Muscle attached to bones that a person moves by choice, such as the muscles of the arms and legs.