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3.1 Pathology
Pathology terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |