Showing results for frozen shoulder. Search instead for frozen+shoulder.

frozen shoulder

British

noun

pathol a painful stiffness in a shoulder joint

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

That neck pillow, when I got frozen shoulder, I was using it a lot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

If you have frozen shoulder, you won’t be able to lift your arm yourself or with help from a clinician, Deu said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

But they emphasized that a majority of frozen shoulder cases can be treated without surgery.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

Those painful subluxations continue to wear her body down, and, in the longer term, Jane worries she "might have frozen shoulder and other arthritic issues."

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

He swung an arm as though to loosen a frozen shoulder.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023