rotator cuff
noun
: a supporting and strengthening structure of the shoulder joint that is made up of the capsule of the shoulder joint blended with tendons and muscles as they pass to the capsule or across it to insert on the head of the humerus
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Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young announced Tuesday that right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has a rotator cuff strain and will be out for the remainder of the season.
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Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
For instance, Garbarino has seen patients who’ve had rotator cuff injuries, and subsequently developed osteoarthritis that affects their shoulders.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Texas Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, a top AL Cy Young candidate, has a rotator cuff strain and will likely miss the rest of the season, team president of baseball operations Chris Young announced Tuesday.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
This places a ton of pressure on the shoulders, in particular on the rotator cuff muscles, which can get impinged (so, compressed or irritated) from that positioning.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
For instance, Garbarino has seen patients who’ve had rotator cuff injuries, and subsequently developed osteoarthritis that affects their shoulders.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Texas Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, a top AL Cy Young candidate, has a rotator cuff strain and will likely miss the rest of the season, team president of baseball operations Chris Young announced Tuesday.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
This places a ton of pressure on the shoulders, in particular on the rotator cuff muscles, which can get impinged (so, compressed or irritated) from that positioning.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rotator cuff
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“Rotator cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rotator%20cuff. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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rotator cuff
noun
: a supporting and strengthening structure of the shoulder joint that is made up of part of its capsule blended with tendons of the subscapularis, infraspinatus, supraspinatus, and teres minor muscles as they pass to the capsule or across it to insert on the humerus
called also musculotendinous cuff
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