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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Costalgia | rib pain |
| 2. metatarsalgia | pain in the bones of the foot |
| 3. ostalgia | bone pain |
| 4. osteodynia | bone pain |
| 5. spondylodynia | Vertebrae pain |
| 6. Tibialgia | Tibia pain |
| 7.ankylosis | Joint stiffness |
| 8. Arthralgia | joint pain |
| 9. Arthrodynia | Joint pain |
| 10. cerviccodynia | neck pain |
| 11. crepitation | a cracking sound heard in joints |
| 12. genu vaigum | knock-kneed |
| 13.genu varum | Bowlegged |
| 14. bradykinesia | slow movement |
| 15. Drykinesia | inability to control movement |
| 16. dystaxia | poor coordination |
| 17. dystonia | poor muscle tone |
| 18. graphospasm | writer’s cramp |
| 19. hyperkinesia | increase in muscle movement or activity |
| 20. hypertonia | increased muscle tone or tightness |
| 21. hypokensia | decrease in muscle movement or activity |
| 22. hypotonia | decrease in muscle tone or tightness |
| 23. Myalgia | muscle pain |
| 24. Myasthenia | muscle weakness |
| 25. myodynia | Muscle pain |
| 26. myospasm | muscle spasm |
| 27. Tenalgia | tendon pain |
| 28. arthrocentesis | puncture of a joint |
| 29. Arthroscope | instrument for looking into a joint |
| 30. arthroscopy | procedure of looking into a joint |