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Pathologic conditions: bones
bone diseases
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
04/20/2011

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Ewing Sarcoma
Definition
malignant bone tumor
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Exostosis
Definition
Bony growth arising from the surface of a bone
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Fracture
Definition
Traumatic breaking of a bone
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Closed fracture
Definition
bone is broken; no open wound in the skin
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open (compound fracture)
Definition
broken bone; fragment of bone protrudes through open wound in skin
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Esteogenic sarcoma
Definition
malignant tunmor arising from the bone
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osteomalacia
Definition
softening of bone, with inadequate amounts of calcium in bone
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osteomyelitis
Definition
inflam. of the bone and bone marrow secondary to infection
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osteoporosis
Definition
decrease in bone density; thinning & weakening of bone
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talipes
Definition
congenital abnormality of the hindfoot
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