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tenonitis

[ ten-uh-nahy-tis ]

noun

, Pathology.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tenonitis1

1885–90; < Greek ténōn tendon + -itis

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Example Sentences

Tenonitis very rarely occurs, but may lead to matting down of all the extra-ocular muscles and defective movements of the globe.

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