Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of a tendon sheath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology An
inflammation of the fluid-filledsheath (thesynovium ) that surrounds atendon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath
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Examples
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Whether or not it was carpal tunnel syndrome before, now I have been diagnosed with De Quervain's tenosynovitis, which is just a really fancy way of saying inflamed thumb tendons.
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A repetitive strain type injury, possibly a tenosynovitis of the wrist, even having opted for the abbreviated signature that must have meant marathon sessions everywhere but I'll bet Ma Phillip is not complaining.
A London Day 2007
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The book that rapidly compromises the circulation to your feet if it rests on your lap, places your wrists at high risk of a bout of tenosynovitis if you hold it up.
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A repetitive strain type injury, possibly a tenosynovitis of the wrist, even having opted for the abbreviated signature that must have meant marathon sessions everywhere but I'll bet Ma Phillip is not complaining.
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The book that rapidly compromises the circulation to your feet if it rests on your lap, places your wrists at high risk of a bout of tenosynovitis if you hold it up.
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The increased incidence of tenosynovitis in female food industry workers was attributed to the low ambient temperature [40].
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Extensor tenosynovitis has been described with windy cold exposure in temperatures from 0 to -25 ºC [39].
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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A repetitive strain type injury, possibly a tenosynovitis of the wrist, even having opted for the abbreviated signature that must have meant marathon sessions everywhere but I'll bet Ma Phillip is not complaining.
A London Day 2007
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Extensor tenosynovitis of the hand from cold exposure.
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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The book that rapidly compromises the circulation to your feet if it rests on your lap, places your wrists at high risk of a bout of tenosynovitis if you hold it up.
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