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Noun: tennis elbow  'te-nis 'el-bow
  1. Painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
    - lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis

Derived forms: tennis elbows

Type of: epicondylitis, tendinitis, tendonitis, tenonitis

Encyclopedia: Tennis elbow