Bursitis is a painful inflammation of a bursa. A bursa is a small sac of fluid that cushions the bones, tendons, and muscles that are located near your joints.
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Bursitis
//bɝˈsaɪ.tɪs//
Synonyms for "bursitis" (25 found)
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17 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِلْتِهَاب جِرَاب noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 黏液囊炎 noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Finnish
2 entries- bursiitti noun (inflammation of a bursa)
- limapussintulehdus noun (inflammation of a bursa)
French
2 entries- bursite noun (inflammation of a bursa)
- hygroma noun (inflammation of a bursa)
German
2 entries- Bursitis noun (inflammation of a bursa)
- Schleimbeutelentzündung noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Hungarian
3 entries- kötőszöveti zacskó gyulladása noun (inflammation of a bursa)
- nyáktömlő gyulladás noun (inflammation of a bursa)
- nyáktömlőgyulladás noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Icelandic
1 entries- belgbólga noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Italian
1 entries- borsite noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Latin
1 entries- bursitis noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Romanian
1 entries- bursită noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Russian
1 entries- бурси́т noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Spanish
1 entries- bursitis noun (inflammation of a bursa)
Sample sentences
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Pain over the hip joint could mean bursitis.
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