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Bursitis definition

bər-sītĭs
Inflammation of a bursa, most commonly of the shoulder. Symptoms include pain, tenderness, and limitation of motion.
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Inflammation of a bursa, especially in the shoulder, elbow, or knee joint.
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Inflammation of a bursa, as near the shoulder or hip.
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Inflammation of a bursa, especially in the shoulder, elbow, or knee joint.
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(medicine) An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee.
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Noun

Singular:
bursitis
Plural:
bursitides

Bursitis Sentence Examples

  • Anti-inflammatory medications, taken by mouth or injected into the swelling, may be used to treat bursitis.

  • When the condition called bursitis occurs, the slippery bursa sac becomes swollen and inflamed.

  • Lateral pain, worse on lying on that side, with tenderness over the greater trochanter suggests secondary trochanteric bursitis.

  • In the knee, this is ' housemaid's knee ' - in the elbow ' olecranon bursitis ' .

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