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MOD G - WEEK 4
PHARMACOLOGY CH 24 VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS | changing in spine, similar to rheumatoid arthritis, which causes stiffening of the back |
| ANKYLOSIS | immobility of joints, caused by congenital conditions, surgery, trauma, or disease |
| ARTHRITIS | inflammation of joint, accompanied by pain, swelling, and bony changes in the joint |
| CREPITUS | cracking sounds in joints due to arthritis |
| DMARD (DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG) | drug that modifies rheumatic disease |
| ENTERIC-COATED TABLET | tablet coated with a film, formulated to pass through the stomach into the small intestines for absorption; prevents irritation of the gastric mucosa |
| EXACERBATE | to aggravate symptoms or cause increased symptomatology of a disease |
| FIBROMYALGIA | debilitation disease with chronic pain of muscles and soft tissues surrounding the joints |
| FUSION | joining together of 2 lines, such as bone fusion where 2 sections of bone are permanently joined together |
| HYPERURICEMIA | excessive amounts of uric acid in the blood |
| IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT | agent that interferes with the normal reactions of the immune system to an antigen; used in arthritis treatment and organ transplantation to prevent the production of antibodies to foreign antiagents |
| KYPHOSIS | an abnormal convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back |
| MUSCLE SPASM | sudden involuntary muscular contraction |
| MUSCLE SPASTICITY | increased tone or contractions of muscle, causing stiff and awkward movements |
| MYASTHENIA GRAVIS | disease with symptoms of great muscular weakness (without muscle atrophy) and progressive fatigue on exertion |
| NONSALICYLATE | antiinflammatory agent that does not contain salicyclic acid (eg. tylenol, naproxen) |
| NSAID (NON0STEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUG) | antiinflammatory medication that does not contain a steroid preparation |
| OSSIFICATION | formation of bone |
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | chronic noninflammatory autoimmune disease of the joints, especially weight bearing joints, that causes destruction of the joints |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | disease with reduction of bone mass that tends to occur in the elderly; bones become porous |
| PANNUS | inflammed synovial granulation tissue of joints found in rheumatoid arthritis |
| PURINE | a double ringed |
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