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Ch4.Subjective
what the patient feels
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| costalgia | rib pain |
| metatarsalgia | pain in the bones of the foot |
| meta- | after |
| ostalgia | bone pain |
| osteodynia | bone pain |
| spondylodynia | vertebra pain |
| tibialgia | tibia (shine) pain |
| ankylosis | joint stiffness |
| arthralgia | joint pain |
| arthrodynia | joint pain |
| cervicodynia | neck pain |
| crepitation | a crackling sound heard in joints |
| genu valgum | knock-kneed (knees pointed in) |
| genu varum | bowlegged (knee bowed out) |
| bradykinesia | slow movement |
| dyskinesia | inability to control movement |
| dystaxia | poor coordination |
| dystonia | poor muscle tone |
| graphospasm | writer's cramp |
| graph/o | write |
| hyperkinesia | increase in muscle movement/activity |
| hypertonia | increased muscle tone or tightness |
| hypokinesia | decrease in muscle movement/activity |
| hypotonia | decrease in muscle tone or tightness |
| myalgia | muscle pain |
| myasthenia | muscle weakness |
| /asthenia/ | weakness |
| myodynia | muscle pain |
| myospasm | muscle spasm |
| tenalgia | tendon pain |