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| pertaining to the heart muscle |
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| combined form meaning muscle--word with "s" in it |
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| inflammation of the muscle |
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| combined form meaning sole of the foot |
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| combined form meaning skeletal mscle connected to bones |
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| tumor of the skeletal muscle connected to bones |
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| combined form meaning muscle and flesh |
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| loss of muscle mass and strength associated with aging |
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| suffix meaning lack of strength |
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| muscles lose strength because of a failure in transmission of the nervous impulse from the nerve to the muscle cell |
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| suffix meaning development and nourishment |
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| decrease in the size of an organ or tissue |
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| increase in the size of an organ or tissue |
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| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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| another name for Lou Gehrig disease |
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| amyotrphic lateral sclerosis |
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| muscles are affected by degeneration of nerves in the spinal cord and lower region of the brain |
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| combined form meaning to lead |
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| prefix meaning many and much |
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| syndrome marked by aching and stiffness in the shoulder, hip, or neck for longer than 1 month |
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| group of inherited diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of muscle fibers without involvement of the nervous sytem |
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| Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
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| most common form of muscular dystrophy--muscles appear to enlarge as fat replaces functional muscle cells that have degenerated and atrophied |
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| chronic inflammatory myopathy |
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| antinuclear antibody test |
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| What does the abbreviaton ANA mean? |
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| antinuclear antibody test |
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| detects an antibody present in serum or patients with systemic lupus eythematosus |
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| erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
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| erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
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| measures time it takes for eythrocytes to settle to the bottom of a test tube |
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| serum is tested for the presence of an antibody found in patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
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