Any disease or disorder affecting ligaments, tendons, and other connective tissues.
From Greek 'desmos' (bond, ligament) + 'pathos' (disease, suffering). The '-pathy' suffix is used to indicate any condition or disease affecting a particular body part.
The suffix '-pathy' appears everywhere in medicine (cardiopathy, neuropathy, arthropathy)—once you understand it means 'disease of,' you can decode hundreds of medical terms on your own.
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