tennis elbow

noun

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

Similar
lateral epicondylitislateral humeral epicondylitis
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Meanings

nountennis elbow (usually uncountable, plural tennis elbows)

plural tennis elbows

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

    Synonyms: lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
lateral epicondylitislateral humeral epicondylitis

More synonyms by meaning

nounpainful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)

Similar
lateral epicondylitislateral humeral epicondylitis
Broader
tendinitistendonitistenonitisepicondylitis
Also see
epicondylosis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 網球肘 /网球肘
  • 網球肘 /网球肘 (wǎngqiú zhǒu)inflammation
Dutch tennisarm, tenniselleboog
  • tennisarminflammation
  • tennisellebooginflammation
Finnish tenniskyynärpää
  • tenniskyynärpääinflammation
French épicondylite, tennis elbow
  • épicondyliteinflammation
  • tennis elbowinflammation
German Tennisellenbogen, Tennisarm
  • Tennisellenbogeninflammation
  • Tennisarminflammation
Hungarian teniszkönyök
  • teniszkönyökinflammation
Japanese テニス肘
  • テニス肘 (tenisu hiji)inflammation
Portuguese cotovelo de tenista
  • cotovelo de tenistainflammation
Russian те́ннисный ло́коть, лучеплечево́й бурси́т
  • те́ннисный ло́коть (tɛ́nnisnyj lókotʹ)inflammation
  • лучеплечево́й бурси́т (lučeplečevój bursít)inflammation
  • травмати́ческий эпикондили́т (travmatíčeskij epikondilít)inflammation
  • эпикондили́т (epikondilít)inflammation
Spanish codo del tenista
  • codo del tenistainflammation
Swedish tennisarmbåge, tennisarm
  • tennisarmbågeinflammation
  • tennisarminflammation
Cite this entry
APA

tennis elbow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tennis%20elbow

MLA

“tennis elbow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tennis%20elbow. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tennis elbow,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tennis%20elbow.

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