epicondylitis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of epicondylitis
Example Sentences
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Although up to 50% of tennis players develop it each year, lateral epicondylitis, as it’s known to experts, is one of the most common upper-body repetitive stress injuries.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2023
Rockies: Placed RHP Alex Colomé on the 15-day injured list with right lateral epicondylitis, retroactive to Aug. 12, and recalled right-hander Justin Lawrence from Triple-A Albuquerque.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2022
Would you rather have tennis elbow or epicondylitis?
From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019
In 1984, he successfully operated on the conductor Zubin Mehta to alleviate the lateral epicondylitis — a severe form of tennis elbow — in his right, baton-wielding arm.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2015
Tennis elbow: caused with almost equal frequency by tendinitis, bursitis and epicondylitis, and sometimes by a combination of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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