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  2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Greek -ισμός (-ismós), suffix forming abstract nouns of state, condition, doctrine dwarfism-ismus: spasm, contraction Greek -ισμός: hemiballismus: iso-denoting something as being equal Greek ἴσος (ísos), equal isotonic-ist: one who specializes in Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), agent noun, one who practices pathologist-ite

  3. Costochondritis - Wikipedia

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    Costochondritis is a common condition that is responsible for approximately 13–36% of acute chest pain-related concerns from adults depending on the setting, with 14–39% for adolescents. [8] It is most often seen in individuals who are older than 40 years of age and occurs more often in women than in men.

  4. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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    In forming or understanding a word root, one needs a basic comprehension of the terms and the source language.The study of the origin of words is called etymology.For example, if a word was to be formed to indicate a condition of kidneys, there are two primary roots – one from Greek (νεφρός nephr(os)) and one from Latin (ren(es)).

  5. List of chronic pain syndromes - Wikipedia

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    Explanatory model of chronic pain. Chronic pain is defined as reoccurring or persistent pain lasting more than 3 months. [1] The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage". [2]

  6. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    The lumbar area is the most common area for pain, as it supports most of the weight in the upper body. [55] Episodes of back pain may be acute, sub-acute, or chronic depending on the duration. The pain may be characterized as a dull ache, shooting or piercing pain, or a burning sensation.

  7. Coccydynia - Wikipedia

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    The first task of diagnosis is to determine whether the pain is related to the coccyx. Physical rectal examination , high-resolution X-rays and MRI scans can rule out various causes unrelated to the coccyx, such as Tarlov cysts and pain referred from higher up the spine.

  8. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").

  9. Fibromyalgia - Wikipedia

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    Nociplastic pain is caused by an altered function of pain-related sensory pathways in the periphery and the central nervous system, resulting in hypersensitivity. [88] Nociplastic pain is commonly referred to as "Nociplastic pain syndrome" because it is coupled with other symptoms. [16]