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acoustogram | record of sounds produced by the motion of a joint |
ankylosing spondylitis | a long-term disease with inflammation of unknown cause |
ankylosis | "freezing of a joint" |
arthrectomy | surgical removal of a joint |
arthrocentesis | puncturing a joint with a needle and removing fluid from the joint |
arthrodesis | fixing a joint by uniting the bones throough surgery to relieve pain or give support |
arthrography | an x-ray method used to visualize the inside of a joint by injecting air or contrast substance |
arthrolysis | surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint |
arthroplasty | surgery for a painful, broken down joint |
arthrosclerosis | stiffened of the joints,especially in the aged |
arthroscopy | examination of a interior of a joint |
bursectomy | surgical removal of a bursa |
callus | common, usually painless thickening of the skin at locations of pressure or friction |
chemonucleolysis | method of dissolving the cartilage between the vertebrae of the spine by injecting a substance |
chondromalacia | softening of cartilage |
chondroplasty | surgical repair of cartilage |
craniectomy | surgical removal of a portion of the skull |
cranioplasty | surgical repair of the skull |
craniotomy | surgical opening into the skull |
crepitation | the crackling sensation that is felt and heard when the ends of a broken bone move together; crepitus |
exostosis | abnormal harmless growth on the surface of a bone |
fontanelle{fontanel} | is the soft spot on a baby's head. |
herniated disk | a break in the cartilage surrounding a disk in the spine |
kyphosis | forward, hump-like curvature of the spine |
laminectomy | the surgicak chipping away of the thin bony arches of one or more vertebrae |
lordosis | abnormal, increased degree of forward curvature of any part of the spine |
lumbago | pain in the lower back |
luxation | dislocation or displacement of a bone from its joint |
myeloma | a bone-destroying tumor |
orthotics | making and fitting of orthopedic appliances, such as a brace or splint, to support, align, prevent, or correct deformities or to improve the function of movable parts of the body |
ostealgia | any pain that is linked to an abnormal condition within a bone |
ostectomy | surgical removal of a bone |
osteitis | inflammation of bone, caused by infection, wasting away of bone, or injury |
ostetis deformans | disease of unknown cause that is charcterized by extensive bone destruction followed by abnormal bone repair |
osteoarthritis | common form of arthritis in which one or more joints have tissue change |
osteoclasis | condition which body tissue is destroyed and absorbed b large bone cells |
osteomalacia | abnormal softening of the bone |
osteomyelitis | infection of bone and bone marrow |
osteonecrosis | destruction and death of bone tissue |
osteoplasty | surgical repair of bones |
osteoporosis | loss of normal bone density with thinning of bone tissue and the growth of small holes in the bone |
osteotomy | sawing or cutting of a bone |
percutaneous diskectomy | removal of a ruptured disk through a thin tube is inserted through the skin of the back |
periosteotomy | an incision through the periosteum |
periostitis | inflammation of the fiberlike coverings of bones |
scoliosis | sideways curve of the spine that results in a S shape of the back, a common defect in childhood |
sequestrectomy | surgical removal of a sequestrum |
sequestrum | fragment of dead bone that is partly or totally broken free from the nearby healthy bone |
spina bifida | congential failure of the spinal canal to close over the spinal cord due to lack of union of the laminae of the vertebrae |
spondlolisthesis | forward movement of the body of one of the lower lumbar vertebrae on the bertebra below it , or on the sacrum |
spondylosis | condition of the spine marked by stiffness of a vertebal joint |
synovectomy | surgical removal of a synovial membrane from a joint |
vertebrae | any one of the 33 bones of the spinal column |
vertebral | spinal column |
Quia - Basic Medical Terminology
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