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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The Dodgers could still use another frontline pitcher to compensate for the loss of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was on an All-Star trajectory before suffering a strained rotator cuff in his shoulder last month.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
There were signs of stresses to the right rotator cuffs, which usually occurs when the arm is in an extended elevated position and is common among painters, for example.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 June 2024
Yamamoto is on the IL with a strained rotator cuff.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
Veteran starters such as Paul Blackburn (stress reaction metatarsal), Ross Stripling (elbow), and Alex Wood (left rotator cuff tendonitis) would need to get back on the mound in the next five weeks and show something.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
There were signs of stresses to the right rotator cuffs, which usually occurs when the arm is in an extended elevated position and is common among painters, for example.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 June 2024
Yamamoto is on the IL with a strained rotator cuff.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
Veteran starters such as Paul Blackburn (stress reaction metatarsal), Ross Stripling (elbow), and Alex Wood (left rotator cuff tendonitis) would need to get back on the mound in the next five weeks and show something.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
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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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