combining element, arbitrarily formed from Gr. τένων, TENDON: cf. TENONTO-. Tenography [-GRAPHY], description of tendons. Tenology [-LOGY], that part of anatomy which relates to the tendons. Tenorrhaphy [Gr. ῥαφή a seam], suture of a tendon. Tenosuture [L. sūtūra a seam], = tenorrhaphy. Teno-synovitis [see SYNOVIA and -ITIS], inflammation of a tendon and its sheath. See also TENOTOMY.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., *Tenography, *Tenology, *Tenorrhaphy.
1899. Syd. Soc. Lex., *Teno-suture, the sewing together of the divided ends of a tendon.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., *Tenosynovitis.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 379. The results [of massage] in sprains, tenosynovitis and the like, are sometimes amazing.
