Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tennis elbow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: ten-nis el-bow
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A painful inflammation of the extensor tendon of the humerus caused by overuse of the muscles of the lower arm.

Uncountable

Etymology

tennis + elbow, from the classic/archetypal source of such injury, tennis.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tennis elbows (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

golfer's elbow runner's knee text neck

Synonyms

lateral epicondylitis lateral humeral epicondylitis

Questions

What does tennis elbow mean?: A painful inflammation of the extensor tendon of the humerus caused by overuse of the muscles of the lower arm.
Where does tennis elbow come from?: tennis + elbow, from the classic/archetypal source of such injury, tennis.

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