bursitis

From bursa + -itis.

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɝˈsaɪ.tɪs/

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bursitis (countable and uncountable, plural bursitides or bursitises)

1. (medicine) An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee

• IPA^(key): /buɾˈsitis/ [buɾˈsi.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: bur‧si‧tis

bursitis f (uncountable)

1. bursitis

• “bursitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025