LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)

Synonyms:

lateral epicondylitis; lateral humeral epicondylitis; tennis elbow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lateral epicondylitis" is a kind of...):

epicondylitis (painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle)

tendinitis; tendonitis; tenonitis (inflammation of a tendon)

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