Acquiring Medical Language
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| arthrocentesis | puncture of a joint
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| arthrogram | visual record of a joint
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| arthrography | procedure used to examine a joint
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| arthroscope | instrument for looking into a joint
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| arthroscopy | procedure of looking into a joint
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| computed axial tomography (CAT or CT) | imaging procedure using a computer to produce cross sections along an axis
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| electromyogram | a record of the electrical activity of a muscle
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| electromyography | procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle
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| myography | procedure for studying muscles
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| osteometry | procedure for measuring bone
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| kyphosis | humped back; abnormal forward curvature of the upper spine
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| lordosis | sway back; abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine
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| scoliosis | crooked back; abnormal curvature of the spine
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| carpitis | wrist inflammation
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| craniomalacia | softening of the skull
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| exostosis | an abnormal growth of bone out of another bone
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| fracture | a bone break
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| osteodystrophy | poor bone development
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| osteolysis | bone loss
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| osteonecrosis | death of bone
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| osteosclerosis | abnormal hardening of bone
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| polydactyl | having more than the normal number of fingers (or toes)
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| spondylitis | vertebra inflammation
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| spondylomalacia | softening of the vertebra
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| syndactyly | fusion (sometimes called webbing) of the fingers (or toes)
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| tarsoptosis | flat feet
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| bursolith | a stone in a bursa
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| effusion | fluid build-up
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| hemarthrosis | blood in a joint
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| hydrarthrosis | water (fluid) in a joint
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| pyrarthrosis | pus in a joint
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| atrophy | underdevelopment, decrease, or loss of muscle tissue
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| hypertrophy | over-development of muscle tissue
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| myocele | hernia of muscle tissue
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| myolysis | loss of muscle tone
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| myomalacia | softening of a muscle
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| myosclerosis | hardening of a muscle
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| myotasis | stretching of a muscle
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| myotonia | muscle tone
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