MALUNION.
Union of the fragments of a fractured bone in faulty position
MENISCECTOMY.
Excision of a meniscus from a joint
METAPHYSIS.
The flared area of junction of the epiphysis with the diaphysis
of a long bone
METAPLASIA.
The change in the type of adult cells in a tissue to a form
that is abnormal for that tissue
METASTASIS.
The shifting or spreading of a disease to other parts of the
body
MONOARTICULAR.
Pertaining to a single joint
MONOPLEGIA.
Paralysis of a single part
MYELOSCLEROSIS.
Increased density of cancellous bone while cortical bone remains
normal
NONUNION.
Failure of the ends of a fractured bone to unite; false union;
pseudarthrosis
NORMOGRADE.
Pin placement that begins at a bone end and exits the fracture
site
OBLIQUE.
Slanting away from horizontal or perpendicular
OPEN
FRACTURE.
Loss of continuity of bone with exposure to the outside environment
("compound" fracture)
OSTECTOMY.
The excision of a bone or a portion of bone
OSTEOARTHRITIS.
Inflammation of the articular components of a bone
OSTEOCLASIS.
The surgical or manual fracture or refracture of bones
OSTEOLYSIS.
A localized area of osteoporosis
OSTEOMA.
A tumor composed of bone tissue and usually developing on a
bone
OSTEOMALACIA.
Faulty mineralization of available osteoid, which may be soft
or bend
OSTEOPETROSIS.
Increased bone density resulting from prenatal fetal bone that
has not converted to cancellous bone
OSTEOPOROSIS.
Bone tissue that is normally mineralized but contains too little
mass
OSTEOSCLEROSIS.
Abnormal hardening or increased density of bone (eburnation)
OSTEOTOME.
A knife, used for cutting bone, in which both sides of the cutting
edge are beveled
OSTEOTOMY.
The
surgical cutting of a bone
