Phrase guide

tennis elbow

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: epicondylitis, tendinitis, tendonitis, tenonitis

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 網球肘 /网球肘 (wǎngqiú zhǒu) — inflammation
  • Dutch: tennisarm — inflammation
  • Dutch: tenniselleboog — inflammation
  • Finnish: tenniskyynärpää — inflammation
  • French: épicondylite — inflammation
  • French: tennis elbow — inflammation
  • German: Tennisellenbogen — inflammation
  • German: Tennisarm — inflammation
  • Hungarian: teniszkönyök — inflammation
  • Japanese: テニス肘 (tenisu hiji) — inflammation
  • Portuguese: cotovelo de tenista — inflammation
  • Russian: те́ннисный ло́коть (tɛ́nnisnyj lókotʹ) — inflammation
  • Russian: лучеплечево́й бурси́т (lučeplečevój bursít) — inflammation
  • Russian: травмати́ческий эпикондили́т (travmatíčeskij epikondilít) — inflammation
  • Russian: эпикондили́т (epikondilít) — inflammation
  • Spanish: codo del tenista — inflammation
  • Swedish: tennisarmbåge — inflammation
  • Swedish: tennisarm — inflammation