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Definition of Tenosynovitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath.

Definition of Tenosynovitis

1. n. Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.

2. n. Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.

Definition of Tenosynovitis

1. Noun. (pathology) An inflammation of the fluid-filled sheath (the synovium) that surrounds a tendon. ¹

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Definition of Tenosynovitis

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Medical Definition of Tenosynovitis

1. Inflammation of a tendon sheath. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Tenosynovitis

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1. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1916)
"tenosynovitis. ATTENTION has been drawn to the frequency of tenosynovitis in lymphatic infections beginning in the distal phalanges on the volar surface. ..."

2. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1914)
"THE SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE tenosynovitis. To diagnosticate the onset of involvement of the tendon sheaths is one of the most difficult ..."

3. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"tenosynovitis. This type of infection is much more difficult to diagnosticate, ... whether he is dealing with a lymphangitis or tenosynovitis. ..."

4. Massage and Therapeutic Exercise by Mary McMillan (1921)
"CHAPTER VI SYNOVITIS; BURSITIS; tenosynovitis; SCIATICA; LUMBAGO; VARICOSE VEINS; PHLEBITIS, AND ARTHRITIS THE subacute stage of certain pathologic ..."

5. Surgical after-treatment: a manual of the conduct of surgical convalescence by Le Roi Goddard Crandon (1910)
"PALMAR GANGLION; TUBERCULOUS tenosynovitis If primary union takes place after the excision of the melon-seed sac, the most important part of after-treatment ..."

6. Surgical After-treatment by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"PALMAR GANGLION; TUBERCULOUS tenosynovitis If primary union takes plaee after the excision of the melon-seed sac, the most important part of after-treatment ..."

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