| A | B |
|---|
| acromegaly | Abnormal enlargement of facial features, hands, and feet in adults as a result of overproduction of growth hormone. |
| ankylosis | Abnormal stiffness of a joint or fusion of bones at a joint, often due to damage to the joint membranes from chronic rheumatoid arthritis. |
| arthralgia | Pain in a joint. |
| arthroplasty | Surgery to make a joint more movable. |
| Colles fracture | Fracture at the distal end of the radius that displaces the smaller fragment posteriorly. |
| epiphysiolysis | Separation or loosening of the epiphysis from the diaphysis of a bone. |
| hemarthrosis | Blood in a joint cavity. |
| laminectomy | Surgical removal of the posterior arch of a vertebra, usually to relieve the symptoms of a ruptured intervertebral disc. |
| lumbago | Dull ache in the lumbar region of the back. |
| orthopedics | Medical specialty that prevents, diagnoses, and treats diseases and abnormalities of the skeletal and muscular systems. |
| ostealgia | Pain in a bone. |
| ostectomy | Surgical removal of a bone. |
| osteitis | Inflammation of bone tissue. |
| osteochondritis | Inflammation of bone and cartilage tissues. |
| osteogenesis | Bone development. |
| osteogenesis imperfecta | Inherited condition of deformed and abnormally brittle bones. |
| osteoma | Tumor composed of bone tissue. |
| osteomalacia | Softening of adult bone due to a disorder in calcium and phosphorus metabolism, usually caused by vitamin D deficiency. |
