Musculoskeletal: Symptomatic & Diagnostic Terms

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joint pain

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arthralgia

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shrinking of tissue such as muscle

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atrophy

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grating sound made by movement of some joints or broken bones

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crepitation

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grating sound made by movement of some joints or broken bones

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crepitus

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a projection arising from a bone that develops from cartilage

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exostosis

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flabby, relaxed, or having defective or absent muscle tone

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flaccid

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increase in the size of tissue such as muscle

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hypertrophy

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reduced muscle tone or tension

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hypotonia

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muscle pain

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myalgia

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muscle pain

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myodynia

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bone pain

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ostealgia

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bone pain

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osteodynia

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stiffness; stiff muscle

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rigor or rigidity

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drawing in; involuntary contraction of muscle

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spasm

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uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscles causing stiff and awkward movements

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spastic

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tension; prolonged, continuous muscle contractions

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tetany

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shaking; rhythmic muscular movement

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tremor

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stiff joint condition

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ankylosis

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inflammation in the joints characterized by pain, swelling, redness, warmth, and limitation of motion- there are more than 100 different types

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arthritis

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• degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease(DJD)
• most common form of arthritis that especially affects weight-bearing joints; characterized by the erosion of articular cartilage

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osteoarthritis/degenerative arthritis/degenerative joint disease (DJD)

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most crippling form of arthritis characterized by a chronic, systemic inflammation most often affecting joints and synovial membranes (especially in the hands and feet) causing ankylosis and deformity

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rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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acute attacks of arthritis usually in a single joint caused by hyperuricemia (an excessive level of uric acid in the blood)

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gouty arthritis

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dead bone tissue from loss of blood supply such as after a fracture

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bony necrosis

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dead bone tissue from loss of blood supply such as after a fracture

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bony necrosis

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dead bone tissue from loss of blood supply such as after a fracture

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sequestrum

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swelling of the joint at the base of the great toe caused by inflammation of the bursa

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bunion

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inflammation of the bursa

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bursitis

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condition that results from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel at the wrist, characterized by pain, numbness, and tingling in the wrist and fingers and weak grip; commonly seen as a result of cumulative trauma of the surrounding tendons

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carpal tunnel syndrome

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softening of the cartilage

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chondromalacia

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inflammation of the epiphyseal region of the long bone

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epiphysitis

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a broken or cracked bone

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fracture

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a broken bone with no open wound

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closed fracture

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compound fracture; a broken bone with an open wound

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open fracture

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a nondisplaced fracture involving one fracture line that does not require extensive treatment to repair, i.e. hairline, stress, or crack fractures

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simple fracture

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a displaced fracture that requires manipulation or surgery to repair

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complex fracture

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line made by broken bone

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fracture line

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broken in many little places

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comminuted fracture

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bending and incomplete break of a bone, most often seen in children

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greenstick fracture

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protrusion of a degenerated or fragmented intervertebral disk so that the nucleus pulpous protrudes causing compression on the nerve root

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herniated disk/disc

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bone marrow tumor

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myeloma

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inflammation of muscle

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myositis

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muscle tumor

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myoma

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smooth muscle tumor

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leiomyoma

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malignant smooth muscle tumor

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leiomyosarcoma

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skeletal muscle tumor

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rhabdomyoma

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malignant skeletal muscle tumor

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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a category of genetically transmitted diseases characterized by progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle (Duchenne's is the most common)

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muscular dystrophy

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bone tumor

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osteoma

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type of malignant bone tumor

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osteosarcoma

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disease marked by softening of the bone caused by calcium and vitamin D deficiency

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osteomalacia

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osteomalacia in children (causes bone deformity)

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rickets

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infection of bone and bone marrow causing inflammation

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osteomyelitis

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condition of decreased bone density and increased porosity, causing bones to become brittle and liable to fracture

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osteoporosis

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abnormal posterior curvature of the thoracic spine (humpback)

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kyphosis

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abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)

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lordosis

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abnormal lateral curvature of the spine (S-shaped curve)

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scoliosis

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forward slipping of a lumbar vertebra (listhesis=slipping)

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spondylolisthesis

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stiff, immobile condition of vertebrae due to joint degeneration

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spondylosis

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injury to a ligament caused by joint trauma but without joint dislocation or fracture

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sprain

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a partial dislocation

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subluxation

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inflammation of a tendon

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tendinitis/tendonitis