Aponeurositis

/ˌæpənʊroʊˈsaɪtɪs/ noun

Inflammation of an aponeurosis, causing pain and potential dysfunction in the muscle and fascia it supports.

From aponeurosis + -itis (inflammation suffix). This medical term describes a pathological condition affecting the fibrous sheet tissues that anatomists had identified centuries earlier.

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