BURSITIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does bursitis mean? • BURSITIS (noun)
The noun BURSITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder
Familiarity information: BURSITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BURSITIS (noun)
Meaning:
Inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bursitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bursitis"):
housemaid's knee (swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling))
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