bursitisn.
/bəːˈsʌɪtɪs/ Pathology.
Inflammation of a bursa.
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1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 148/1 When it [sc. synovitis] affects the bursæ it is sometimes called Bursitis.
1908 Practitioner June 865 Myositis, phlebitis, bursitis.
1950 R. A. Willis Princ. Pathol. xii. 138 The traumatic pre-patellar bursitis known as ‘housemaid's knee’.
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