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Chapter 2
Musculoskeletal, Nervous, Sensory
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Myoma my/oma | Muscle Tumor myo-muscle/oma-tumor |
| Osteoporosis osteo/por/osis | Loss Of Bone Density osteo-bone/por-pore/osis-condition |
| LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| SOAP | Subjective-Objective-Assessment-Plan |
| R/A | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| S/S | Spinal Stenosis spinal sten/osis Medical condition of the lower back in which the spinal canal narrows and compresses the spinal cord and nerves spinal sten-spine narrow/osis-condition |
| O/M | Osteomyelitis osteo/myel/itis Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow osteo-bone/myel-marrow/itis-inflammation |
| D/O | Osteopathy osteo/pathy Bone Disease osteo-bone/pathy-disease |
| Neuropathy: | neuro/pathy Disease in the nervous system neuro-nerve/pathy-disease |
| Poliomyelitis: polio/myel/itis | Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord The actual name of this disease is "polio" polio-gray/myel-spinal cord/itis-inflammation |
| Bulimia: bu/lim/ia | Eating disorder characterized by overeating and usually followed by forced vomiting bu-ox/lim-hunger/ia-condition |
| Epilepsy: epi/lepsy | A disease marked by seizures epi-upon/lepsy-seize |
| Hypomania: hypo/mania | A mental state just below mania hypo-under/mania-excessive anger |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis a-not/myo-muscle/troph-nourishment/ice lateral scler-pertaining to side hardening/osis-condition |
| Epilepsy: epi/lepsy | A disease marked by seizures epi-upon/lepsy-seize |
| Hypomania: hypo/mania | A mental state just below mania hypo-under/mania-excessive anger |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis a-not/myo-muscle/troph-nourishment/ice lateral scler-pertaining to side hardening/osis-condition |
| TIA | Transient Ischemic Attack A mini-stroke tran-across/ient isch-go hold back/em-blood/ice-pertaining to |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident An accident involving the blood vessels of the brain cerebro-brain/vascul-blood vessel/ar-pertaining to |
| MRA | Magnetic resonance angiography procedure used to examine blood vessels angio-vessel/graphy-writing procedure |