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4 glossery terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| achondroplasia | a defect in the formation of cartilage |
| analgesic | a drug that relieves pain |
| ankylosing spondylitis | a stiffening inflammation of the vertebrae |
| ankylosis | joint stifness |
| antiarthritic | a drug that opposes joint inflammation |
| anti-inflammatory | a drug that opposes inflammation |
| antipyretic | a drug that opposes fever |
| arthrodysplasia | abnormal joint development |
| arthralgia | joint pain |
| crepitation | rattle/ creaking |
| dystaxia | poor coordination |
| exostosis | an abnormal growth of bone out of another bone |
| genu valgum | knock-kneed |
| genu varum | knoc-kneed |
| graphospasm | writer's cramp |
| kyphosis | humped back- abnormal forward curvature of the upper spine |
| lordosis | sway back-abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine |