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LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS
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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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