Definition

Noun: A painful medical condition involving inflammation of the tendons on the outer side of the elbow, typically caused by repetitive strain or overuse of the forearm muscles, especially from motions like twisting the wrist.

Usage

This term is used specifically in medical and general contexts to describe this type of overuse injury. * He had to stop playing for a month due to tennis elbow. * The doctor diagnosed the pain in her arm as tennis elbow.

Advanced Usage

• Suffer from tennis elbow: To experience this condition.
  • Many painters and carpenters suffer from tennis elbow.
• A case of tennis elbow: An instance of this condition.
  • The repetitive typing gave him a bad case of tennis elbow.

Variants and Related Words

• Lateral epicondylitis: The formal medical term for tennis elbow.
• Golfer's elbow (Medial epicondylitis): A similar condition causing pain on the inner side of the elbow.

Synonyms

• Lateral epicondylitis (medical term)

Notes on Meaning

While the name originates from its association with the sport of tennis, tennis elbow can affect anyone whose activities involve repetitive gripping or wrist extension, such as carpenters, plumbers, painters, and butchers.

Noun

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)