tennis elbow

noun

: inflammation and pain over the outer side of the elbow usually resulting from excessive strain on and twisting of the forearm

Examples of tennis elbow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All have come in his last 24 games after two tennis elbow injuries delayed the start of the 35-year-old’s 16th big league campaign. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025

Judge has made peace with the discomfort, the same way Giancarlo Stanton co-exists with tennis elbow in both arms. —Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025

Rojas said the plan was to go slow with Stanton, who missed the first 70 games of the year with tennis elbow in both of his elbows. —Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 30 July 2025

Now Stanton also has lingering tennis elbow injuries that require consistent maintenance. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tennis elbow

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Medical Definition

tennis elbow

noun

ten·​nis elbow ˈten-əs- 

: inflammation and pain over the outer side of the elbow involving the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and usually resulting from excessive strain on and twisting of the forearm

called also lateral humeral epicondylitis

compare little league elbow