BURSITIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("bursitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bursitis"):

housemaid's knee (swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling))

Bursitis occurs when a bursa becomes inflamed.

(Bursitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)