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epicondylitis

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ep·i·con·dy·li·tis  (p-kndl-ts)
n.
An inflammation of an epicondyle or of the tissues adjacent to it.
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Noun1.epicondylitis - painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis, tennis elbow - 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)

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The medical term for this condition is epicondylitis, and it's characterized by pain on the outside of the elbow in tennis and on the inside of the elbow in golf.
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