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Med terms 2023
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | Chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, stiffness, pain, and swelling which results in crippling deformities. |
| Connective | Literally means the nature of connecting or binding together |
| Calcium (Ca) | Mineral that is essential for bone growth, teeth, development, blood coagulation, and many other functions. |
| Dislocation | displacement of a bone from a joint |
| Osteosarcoma | Malignant tumor of the bone; cancer growing from cells of "fleshy" connective tissue such as bone or muscle. |
| Reduction | Manipulative or surgical procedure used to correct a fracture or hernia. |
| Cast | Type of material made of plaster of paris, fiberglass, sodium, silicate, starch, or dextrin used to immobilize a fractured bone, a dislocation, a deformity, or a sprain |
| Sprain | A traumatic injury to the tendons, muscles, or ligaments around a joint characterized by pain, swelling, and discoloration. |
| Spur | Sharp or pointed projection, as on a bone |
| Sternal | Pertaining to the sternum, the breastbone |
| Sternotomy | Surgical incision of the sternum, the breast bone. |
| Subclavicular | pertaining to beneath the clavicle (collar bone) |
| Vertebral | Pertaining to a vertebra)any of the small bones linked together to form the back bone.) |
| Lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| Stern/o | sternum, breast bone |
| Sacr/o | sacrum, flesh |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| rheumat/o | discharge |
| Craniectomy | surgical excision of a portion of the skull |
| chondral | cartilage |
| Hydrarthrosis | abnormal condition in which there is an accumulation of watery fluids in the cavity of a joint |
| Osteopenia | Deficiency of bone tissue, regardless of the cause. |
| Lordosis | an abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine, this condition can be referred to as swayback because the abdomen and buttocks protrude due to an exaggerated lumbar curvature |
| genu valgum | medical term for knock-knee |
| genu varum | medical term for bowleg |
| gout | hereditary metabolic disease that is a form of acute arthritis, which is marked by joint inflammation. It is caused by hyperuricemia, excessive amounts of uric acid in the blood, and deposits of urates of sodium in and around the joints. |
| Hallux | medical term for the big or great toe |
| iliac | pertaining to the ilium |
| illiosacral | pertaining to the ilium and the sacrum |
| ischial | pertaining to the ischium, hip |
| Acetabulum | cup-shaped socket of the innominate bone (hip bone0 into which the head of the femur (thigh bone) fits |
| Acromion | projection of the spine of the scapula that forms the point of the shoulder and articulates with the clavicle |
| Ankylosis | abnormal condition of stiffening of a joint |
| Arthralgia | joint pain |
| Achondroplasia | defect in the formation of cartilage at the epiphyses of long bones |
| Arthrodesis | surgical fusion of a joint |
| Patell/o | kneecap |
| mandÃbula/o | lower jawbone |
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