Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of a bursa, especially in the shoulder, elbow, or knee joint.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of a bursa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of a bursa.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine An
inflammation of abursa , most common in theshoulder ,elbow orknee
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder
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Examples
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Aging heels and flimsy footwear can produce deceptively similar symptoms to plantar fasciitis when in actuality, and with a little luck, the symptoms are really due to faux fasciitis, better known as heel bursitis, which is an inflammation of a tiny liquid-filled sack on the bottom of the heel bone.
NYDN Rss Dr Lewis Maharam 2012
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However, if you feel pain directly on the back of your elbow joint, rather than down the outside of your arm, you may have bursitis, which is caused when lubricating sacs in the joint become inflamed.
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However, if you feel pain directly on the back of your elbow joint, rather than down the outside of your arm, you may have bursitis, which is caused when lubricating sacs in the joint become inflamed.
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Bursitis « Dr. Rob D'Aquila When a bursitis is the result of faulty calcium metabolism, nutritional supplements are almost always indicated.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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The Diamondbacks placed right-hander Brandon Webb on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with what the ace is calling bursitis in his throwing shoulder.
azcentral.com | news 2009
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He explained that I have what is also known as "goose foot" tendonitis and bursitis, which is an inflammation and irritation of the tendon and the bursa along the inside of the knee.
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And as for that other little thing, the homo thing, well, I've changed my mind that homosexual relations can lead to bursitis, which is one of the illnesses I listed in my paper as being directly tied to an unnatural lifestyle.
My Second Press Briefing as Surgeon General Anne Johnson 2007
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And as for that other little thing, the homo thing, well, I've changed my mind that homosexual relations can lead to bursitis, which is one of the illnesses I listed in my paper as being directly tied to an unnatural lifestyle.
Archive 2007-07-01 Anne Johnson 2007
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Regular desk chairs can lead to painful conditions such as bursitis and epycondylitis (tennis elbow).
Shopping DrJames 2010
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I saw a doctor who said my hip problem was bursitis, which would likely respond to treatment and care.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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