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PhT3-Week2 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tendonitis | Inflammation of a tendon typically associated with acute injury and usually accompanied by pain and swelling |
| Osteomalacia | A disease of adults that is characterized by softening of the bones and analogous to rickets in the young |
| Aphasia | Loss of impairment of the power to use or comprehend word usually resulting from brain damage (as from stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| Osteopenia | Reduction in bone volume to below normal levels especially due to inadequate replacement of bone lost to normal lysis |
| Sprain | A sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments |
| Osteotome | A chisel without a bevel that is used for cutting bone |
| Analgesia | Insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| Osteomyelitis | An infectious, usually painful inflammatory disease of bone often of bacterial origin that may result in the death of bone tissue |
| Polyarthritis | Arthritis involving two or more joints |
| Bradykinesia | Extreme slowness of movement and reflexes (such as that caused by Parkinson's Disease or antipsychotic drugs) |
| Spondylitis | Inflammation of the vertebrae |
| Amnesia | Loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| Anesthesia | Loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| Coma | A state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| Aphagia | Loss of ability to swallow |
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