: a bodily pouch or sac: such as
a
: a small serous sac between a tendon and a bone
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Potential Causes of Elbow Joint Pain Elbow joint pain can have various causes, including injury to muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, or bursae.
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Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 12 July 2024
If traumatized, the bursa can fill with fluid, which can limit motion and cause pain.
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Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The bursa is one indication that this is a male worm.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2023
Bursitis Bursitis causes pain in the front of your knee if a bursa becomes irritated and swollen.
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Yuliya Klochan, Health, 12 Aug. 2023
The procedure repaired a torn labrum, removed two bone spurs and cleaned up his bursa and rotator cuff tendon.
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Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
This sperm-hungry organ is called the bursa copulatrix.
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2015
For example, Reich cited Peyton Manning’s performance after undergoing July surgery to remove a bursa sac from his left knee in 2008.
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The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2022
After getting an appointment fairly quickly, I was given a shot in the bursa, but alas, with no relief.
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Hermine Saunders, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Dec. 2019
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“Bursa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bursa. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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