bursitis
bursitis
Definition
bur·si·tis (bər sīt′is)
bursitis
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- elbow: Information: A 35-year-old woman has had bursitis of the elbow for two or three years now.
Converse of object
- call: When the condition called bursitis occurs, the slippery bursa sac becomes swollen and inflamed.
Adjective modifier
- subacromial: DESIGN: A total of 40 patients with sonographic confirmation of subacromial bursitis were recruited into this study.
- trochanteric: Lateral pain, worse on lying on that side, with tenderness over the greater trochanter suggests secondary trochanteric bursitis.
Noun used with modifier
- olecranon: In the knee, this is ' housemaid's knee ' - in the elbow ' olecranon bursitis ' .
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