Ch 4 Diseases and Conditions

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ankylosing spondylitis

a kind of rheumatoid arthritis of the spine, inflammation of vertebrae

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ankylosis

a stiff joint caused by adhesion, or two joints fused

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arthralgia

pain in a joint/joints

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bunion

inflammation of bursa at base of big toe

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gout

arthritis where uric acid builds up in blood and causes joint swelling/pain

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herniated disk

intervertebral disc that slipped or ruptured

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longitudinal fracture

runs parallel to long axis of bone

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lumbago

pain in lower back (lumbar) region

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myeloma

cancer of plasma cells (kind of white blood cell) that originates in bone marrow

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oblique fracture

break across bone at an angle