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Ch4.Subjective
what the patient feels
Term | Definition |
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costalgia | rib pain |
metatarsalgia | pain in the bones of the foot |
meta- | after |
ostalgia | bone pain |
osteodynia | bone pain |
spondylodynia | vertebra pain |
tibialgia | tibia (shine) pain |
ankylosis | joint stiffness |
arthralgia | joint pain |
arthrodynia | joint pain |
cervicodynia | neck pain |
crepitation | a crackling sound heard in joints |
genu valgum | knock-kneed (knees pointed in) |
genu varum | bowlegged (knee bowed out) |
bradykinesia | slow movement |
dyskinesia | inability to control movement |
dystaxia | poor coordination |
dystonia | poor muscle tone |
graphospasm | writer's cramp |
graph/o | write |
hyperkinesia | increase in muscle movement/activity |
hypertonia | increased muscle tone or tightness |
hypokinesia | decrease in muscle movement/activity |
hypotonia | decrease in muscle tone or tightness |
myalgia | muscle pain |
myasthenia | muscle weakness |
/asthenia/ | weakness |
myodynia | muscle pain |
myospasm | muscle spasm |
tenalgia | tendon pain |