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