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A bursa is a little pouch filled with fluid that sits between a tendon and a bone. When the fluid becomes infected by bacteria or irritated by too much movement, bursitis results. Throwing a baseball too many times at one session, for example, may inflame and irritate one of the bursae (notice the plural form) in the shoulder. Bursitis in another part of the body may be known by a traditional name such as "housemaid's knee", "soldier's heel", or "tennis elbow". Bursitis generally goes away after a few weeks of resting the affected area, and the pain can be treated with ice packs and aspirin.
Examples of bursitis in a Sentence
Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
Trochanteric bursitis affects the pointed upper, outside edge of the femur (the thigh bone), called the greater trochanter.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
Pes anserine: This is a specific type of bursitis affecting the knee tendons.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 26 July 2024
When the game was 24 minutes old, Klay Thompson was on the bench with hamstring tightness and Stephen Curry was done for the day having scored four points after coming in questionable to play with bursitis in his right knee.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
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“Bursitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bursitis. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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