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Chapter 3
Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthrocele | hernia of a joint |
| arthrocentesis | puncture of a joint |
| arthroclasia | the therapeutic breaking of a joint to allow for increased mobility |
| arthrodesis | the surgical fixation of a joint |
| arthrodynia | joint pain |
| arthrectomy | removal of a joint |
| arthrogram | visual record of a joint |
| arthrography | procedure used to examine a joint |
| arthrolysis | loosening a stiff joint |
| arthropathy | joint disease |
| arthroplasty | reconstruction of a joint |
| arthrosclerosis | hardening of the joints |
| arthroscope | instrument for looking into a joint |
| arthroscopy | procedure of looking into a joint |
| arthrotomy | incision into a joint |
| atrophy | underdevelopment, decrease, or loss of muscle tissue |
| bradykinesia | slow movement |
| bursectomy | removal of a bursa |
| bursitis | inflammation of the bursa |
| bursolith | a stone in a bursa |
| bursopathy | disease of the bursa |
| bursotomy | incision into a bursa |
| carpectomy | removal of all or part of the wrist |
| carpitis | wrist inflammation |
| cervicodynia | neck pain |
| chondrectomy | removal of cartilage |
| chondroma | a tumorlike growth of cartilage tissue |
| chondromalacia | abnormal softening of the cartilage |
| chrondro-osteodystrophy | poor development of bones and cartilage |
| osteodynia | bone pain |
| spondylitis | inflammation of the vertebra |
| rheumatoid arthritis | inflammation of the joint is called rheumatoid because its symptoms resemble those of rheumatic fever |