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frozen shoulder
(redirected from Adhesive capulitis)

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shoulder /shoul·der/ (shōl´der) the area where the arm joins the trunk and the clavicle meets the scapula.
frozen shoulder  adhesive capsulitis.
frozen shoulder
n.
Inflammation between the joint capsule and the peripheral articular shoulder cartilage that causes pain whether in motion or at rest. Also called adhesive capsulitis.
Frozen shoulder
A shoulder that becomes scarred and cannot move.
Mentioned in: Polymyalgia Rheumatica
frozen shoulder
Orthopedics A shoulder with incapacitating pain due to bursitis and inflammation, due to 1º or 2º osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cuff tear arthropathy and the clinically similar 'Milwaukee shoulder', postmastectomy, avascular necrosis, and calcific tendonitis, and tearing of the rotator cuff muscles


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