Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Terms
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| Arthritis | Inflammation of a joint
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| Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) | Systemic disease, inflammatory changes in joints and their related structures Crippling deformities Autoimmune reaction
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| Muscular Dystrophy | Genetic disease characterized by gradual atrophy and weakening of muscle tissue Progression affects the
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| Myasthenia Gravis (MG) | Neuromuscular disorder causes fluctuating weakness of certain skeletal muscle groups
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| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) | Painful condition resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel
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| Contracture | Fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint
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| Hypotonia | Loss of muscular tone or a diminished resistance to passive stretching
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| Sprain | Tearing of ligament tissue that may be slight, moderate, or complete
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| Strain | To exert physical force in a manner that may result in injury, usually muscular
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| Exacerbation | Increase in Severity of a disease or any of its symptoms
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| Closed Fracture | Bone is broke with no external wound
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| Open Fracture | Bone is broken with an open external wound
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| Complicated Fracture | Broken bone has injured an internal organ
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| Comminuted Fracture | Broken bone is splintered
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| Impacted Fracture | Bone is broken and one end is wedged into the interior of another bone
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| Colles Fracture | Break at the lower end of the radius, occurring just above the wrist
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| Incomplete Fracture | Line of fracture does not completely transverse the entire bone
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| Greenstick Fracture | Break of bone does not extend through the entire thickness of the bone, leaving the unbroken side bent
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| Osteporosis | Common metabolic Bone disorder, characterized by decreased bone density
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| Scoliosis | C-shaped curvature either to the right or left
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| Kyphosis | humback or hunchback, abnormal curvature of the upper portion of the spine
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| Lordosis | abnormal inward curvature of a portion of the lower part of the spine
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| Crepitation | Dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction
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| Phantom Limb | Perceived sensation, following amputation of a limb, that the limb still exists
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| Prosthesis | Replacement of a missing part by an artificial substitute, such as an artificial extremity
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| Rickets | Form of osteomalacia in children caused by vitamin D deficiency
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| Talipes Equinovarus | Congenital deformity of one or both feet in which the foot is pulled downward and laterally to the side, also called clubfoot
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