ABAXIAL.
Lying away from the axis of the body
ABDUCTION.
The withdrawal of a part from the axis of the body
ADDUCTION. The act of drawing toward the axis of the
body
ALLOGRAFT.
Bone transferred between genetically dissimilar members of the
same species
ANKYLOSIS.
Abnormal immobility and consolidation of a joint
ANTEVERSION.
Turning cranial or inclining cranial, usually referring to a femoral
head and neck angulation
ANTIPHLOGISTIC. Preventing
or relieving inflammation
APLASIA. Incomplete or defective
development of tissue
APOPHYSIS. A bony process
or outgrowth that has not had an independent center of ossification
ARTHROCENTESIS. Incision into
a joint; puncture with a needle
ARTHRODESIS. The surgical
fixation of a joint by fusion of the joint surfaces
ARTHROPLASTY. Plastic surgery
of a joint or of joints; formation of movable joints
ARTHROSIS. Degenerative disease
of a joint
ARTHROTOMY. Surgical incision
of a joint
ARTICULATION. A joint; the
place of union or junction between two or more bones
ATAXIA. Failure of muscular
coordination; irregularity of muscular action
ATROPHY. A wasting away or
diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part
AUTOGRAFT. Bone transferred
from one site to another in the same animal
AVULSION. A tearing away
AXIAL. Relating to the central
part of the body
CALLUS. The bony material
that bridges fractured bone fragments
CANNULATE. To place a tube
into a structure
CAPSULORRHAPHY. Suture of
a tear or laceration in a joint capsule; usually referring to
prevention of joint dislocation
CAPSULOTOMY. Incision through
a capsule; joint capsule
CERCLAGE. An encircling device
CHONDROPLASTY. Reparative or
plastic surgery of cartilage
CIRCUMDUCTION. The active or
passive circular movement of a limb
CLONUS. Spasm in which rigidity
and relaxation alternate in rapid succession
CLOSED FRACTURE. Loss of continuity
of a bone without contact of the bone with the outside environment
COAPTATION. A joining or fitting
together of two surfaces; fitting of fracture ends
COMMINUTION. Breaking into
a number of small fragments
CONGENITAL. Existing at or
before birth
COXA. Referring to the hip
or hip joint
CREPITUS. Bony crepitus, the
crackling sound produced by the rubbing together of fragments
of fractured bone; joint
crepitus, the grating sensation caused by the rubbing together
of the dry synovial surfaces of joints
