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Pathology terms

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myopathy   any disease of skeletal muscles  
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myalgia   muscle pain  
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myoclonus   spasm of a muscle  
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myostasis   continual stretching of a muscle"pulled muscle"  
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myotonia   chronic muscle contraction or irritability  
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tenalgia   pain in a tendon such as tennis elbow  
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tetany   hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles  
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tic   small muscle spasm  
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symptom   subjective description of a health problem  
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sign   finding discovered by medical personnel upon examining the patient  
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myelomalacia   muscle softening  
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myoatrophy   muscle wasting  
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myonecrosis   death of muscle tissue fibers  
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myosclerosis   muscle hardening  
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myobradia   muscle that reacts slowly to prodding  
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myospasm   muscle convulses when prodded  
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myositis   inflammation of voluntary muscle tissue  
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