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a/taxia
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a lack of muscle coordination
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a/
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lack of
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-taxia
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order
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a/trophy
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a lack of nourishment; wasting of muscular tissue that may be caused by lack of use
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-trophy
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nourishment/development
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brach/i/algia
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pain in the arm
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brach/i
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arm
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-algia
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pain
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brady/kinesia
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slowness of motion or movement
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brady
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slow
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-kinesia
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motion
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clon/ic
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pertaining to alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles
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clon/
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turmoil
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-ic
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pertaining to
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con/trac/ture
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a condition in which a muscle shortens and renders the muscle resistant to normal stretchin
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con/
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with/together
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tract/
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to draw
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-ure
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process
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dactyl/o/spasm
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cramp of a finger or a toe
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dactyl/o
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finger or toe
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-spasm
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tension/spasm
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dys/ton/ia
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a condition of impaired muscle tone
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dys
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difficult
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ton/
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tone/tension
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-ia
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codition
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dys/trophy
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faulty muscular development caused by lack of nourishment
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dys
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difficult
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-trophy
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nourishment/development
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fasc/ia
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a thin layer of connective tissue covering supporting or connecting muscles or inner organs
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fasc/
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a bad
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-ia
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condition
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fatigue
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a state of tiredness or weariness in a muscle as the result of repeated contraction
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fibr/o/my/algia
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a condition w/ widespread muscular pain and debilitating fatigue
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fibr/o
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fiber
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my
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muscle
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-algia
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pain
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flaccid
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lacking muscle tone
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intra/muscul/ar
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pertaining to w/in a muscle
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IM
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intramuscular
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intra
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into
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muscl
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muscle
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-ar
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pertaining to
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massage
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knead, apply pressure and friction to tissue
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muscular dystrophy
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a chronic progressive wasting and weakening of the muscles
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my/algia
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pain in the muscle
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my/itis
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inflammation in the muscle
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my
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muslce
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-itis
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inflammation
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my/o/fibr/oma
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tumor containing muscle fiber
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fibr
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fiber
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-oma
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tumor
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my/oma
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tumor that contains muscle tissue
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my/o/malacia
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softening of the muscle
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-malacia
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softening
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my/o/pathy
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disease of the muscle
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-pathy
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disease
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my/o
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muscle
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my/o/rrhaphy
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surgical suture of a muscle wound
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-rraphy
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surgical suture
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my/o/sarc/oma
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malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue
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sarc/
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flesh
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my/o/scler/osis
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a condition of hardening of the muscle
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scler/
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hardening
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-osis
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condition of
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prosth/e/sis
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an artificial device, organ or part
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prosth/e
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an addition
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-sis
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condition of
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stern/o/cleid/o/mast/oid
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muscle arising from the sternum and clavicle w/ its insertion in the mastoid process
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ster/o
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sternum
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cleid/o
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clavicle
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mast
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breast
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-oid
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resemble
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ten/o/dynia
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pain in a tendon
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ten/o
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tendon
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-dynia
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pain
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tort/i/collis
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stiff neck
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tort/i
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twist
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-collis
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neck
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lithotomy
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pt on back w/ lower extremities flexed/ feet placed in stirrups
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lithotomy used in
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vaginal exams
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Trendelenburg
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pt body supine on bed or tilted exam table at 45 degree angle - head lower that feet
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Trendelenburg used to
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displace abdominal organs during surgery and used in pts with cardiovascular shock
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Trendelenburg is also called
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the shock position
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