LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lateral epicondylitis mean? 

• LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (noun)
  The noun LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lateral epicondylitis; lateral humeral epicondylitis; tennis elbow

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)