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Musculoskeletal System
Diagnostic, symptomatic, and related terms
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Biology
Graduate
06/09/2013

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Claudication
Definition
limpness, lameness
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Contracture
Definition
fribrosis (excess connective tissure like scarring) of skin on face, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint
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Crepitation
Definition
dry, grating sound or sensation caused by the ends of bones rubbing together from a fracture or joint destruction
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Hemarthrosis
Definition
the effusion of blood into a joint cavity
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Hypotonia
Definition
loss of muscular tone or diminished resistance to passive stretching
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Osteophyte
Definition
bony outgrowth or bone spur
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Sprain
Definition
tearing of ligament tissue
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Strain
Definition
muscular injury
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Subluxation
Definition
partial or incomplete dislocation
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