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Medical Terms
100
bad, difficult, painful, or abnormal
What is DYS?
100
fatty plaque
What is ATHER/O?
100
swelling?
What is EDEMA?
100
condition of deficient muscle tone (EX: floppy baby)
What is HYPOTONIA?
100
subjective evidence of disease (ex: pain)
What is a SYMPTOM?
200
without
What is A or AN?
200
coordination
What is TAX/O?
200
partial paralysis
What is PARESIS?
200
bone and bone marrow inflammation
What is OSTEOMYELITIS?
200
any substance the body sees as foreign
What is an ANTIGEN?
300
new or strange
What is NEO?
300
movement
What is KINES/O?
300
abnormal softening
What is MALACIA?
300
condition of abnormal/bad/difficult movement
What is DYSKINESIA?
300
caused by side effects or medications or treatments
What is an IATROGENIC Illness?
400
abnormally slow
What is BRADY?
400
cartilage
What is CHONDR/O?
400
breaking or fracture
What is CLASIS?
400
inflammation of the cartilage that connects to the rib
What is COSTOCHONDRITIS?
400
an autoimmune disease that affects the tissues of the joints
What is RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?
500
abnormally fast
What is TACHY?
500
vertebrae or backbone
What is SPONDYL/O?
500
surgical fusion or fixation
What is DESIS?
500
the abnormal condition of blood within a joint (space)
What is HEMARTHROSIS?
500
episode of severe chest pain due to inadequate blood flow to the myocardium
What is ANGINA?
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