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| medication that controls pain without the side effects of NSAIDs |
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| orginating within another |
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| form of rheumatoid arthritis characterized by the progressive fusion of the vertebral bodies |
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| "loss or absence of mobility in a joint due to disease, injury, or a surgical procedure." |
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| surgical procedure to stiffen a joint; also known as fusion or surgical ankylosis |
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| surgical repair of a damaged joint |
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| minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of the interior of a joint. |
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| orginating within an individual |
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| bulging deposit that forms around the area of the break in a bone; also a thickening the skin that is caused by repeated rubbing |
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| slow-growing benign tumor derived from cartilage cells. |
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| abnormal softening of the cartilage |
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| fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed |
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| surgical removal of portion of the skull |
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| malformation of the skull due to the premature closure of the cranial sutures |
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| surgical incision or opening into the skull; also known as a bone flap |
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| crackling sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together; also the sound heard in lungs affected with pneumonia and with the noisy discharge of gas from the intestine; also known as crepitus |
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| dual x-ray absorptiometry |
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| low-exposure radiographic measurement of the spine and hips that is able to detect early signs of osteoporosis |
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| group of cancers that most frequently affects children or adolescents; also known as Ewing's family of tumors |
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| abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe; bunion |
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| abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side; also know as humpback or dowager's hump |
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| abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine; know as swayback |
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| pain of the lumbar region of the spine; lower back pain |
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| total displacement of a bone from its joint; dislocation |
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| malignant tumor composed of blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow |
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| "specialized in diagnosising and treating diseases and disorders involving the bones, joints, and muscles" |
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| field of knowledge relating to the making and fitting of orthopedic appliances |
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| type of arthritis most commonly associated with aging; known as wear-and-tear arthritis |
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| benign bone tumor characterized by a cartilage-capped bony growth that projects from the surface of the affected bone; exostosis |
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| surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity |
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| abnormal softening of the bone |
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| inflammation of the bone marrow and adjacent bone |
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| doctor of osteopathy degree and uses traditional forms of medical treatment in addition to specializing in treating health problems by spinal manipulation. |
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| thinner-than-average bone density in a young person |
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| marked loss of bone density and an increase in bone porosity that is frequently associated with aging |
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| "surgical suturing, or wiring together of bones" |
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| surgical procedure to create an artifical opening between an organ and the body surface |
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| disase of unknown cause that is characterized by extensive bone destruction followed by abnormal bone repair; know as osteitis deformans |
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| bony anterior portion of the kneecap |
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| percuaneous vertebroplasty |
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| treatment of osteoporosis related compression fractures by injecting bone cement to stabilize cmpression fractures within the spinal column |
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| specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the foot |
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| posterior portion of the kneecap |
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| inflammation of connective tissue |
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| "autoimmune disorder in which the synovial membranes, and other body tissues, are inflamed and thickened" |
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| "disorder occuring in children involving softening and weakening of the bone primarily caused by lack of Vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate" |
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| slightly movable articulation between the sacrum and posterior portion of the ilium |
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| abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
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| congenital defect that occurs during early pregnancy in which the spinal canal fails to close around the spinal cord |
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| "slipping forward movement of the body of one of the lower lumbar vertebra on the vertebra below it, or on the sacrum" |
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| partial displacement of a bone from its joint |
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| surgical removal of a synovial membrane from a joint |
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| congenital deformity in which the foot is turned outward or inward; clubfoot |
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| arthroscopic technique in which heat is used to shrink and tighten the tissues involved in shoulder instability disorders |
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