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Textbook of Small Animal Orthopaedics - Veterinary terms Category: Health and Medicine > Vet terms Date & country: 29/05/2018, USA Words: 141

electrolysis
Decomposition of body tissues (bone) by means of electricity

dysplasia
Abnormality of development

drawer
Abnormal cranial or caudal movement at the knee

cuneiform
Wedge-shaped

dislocation
The displacement of any part, more especially of a bone

diaphysis
The shaft of a long bone

diplegia
Paralysis affecting like parts on both sides of the body

dorsiflexion
Flexion or bending upward of the paw or toes

comminution
Breaking into a number of small fragments

congenital
Existing at or before birth

coxa
Referring to the hip or hip joint

coaptation
A joining or fitting together of two surfaces; fitting of fracture ends

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

closed fracture
Loss of continuity of a bone without contact of the bone with the outside environment

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

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

callus
The bony material that bridges fractured bone fragments

cerclage
An encircling device

axial
Relating to the central part of the body

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

arthrotomy
Surgical incision of a joint

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

ankylosis
Abnormal immobility and consolidation of a joint

antiphlogistic
Preventing or relieving inflammation

anteversion
Turning cranial or inclining cranial, usually referring to a femoral head and neck angulation

adduction
The act of drawing toward the axis of the body

allograft
Bone transferred between genetically dissimilar members of the same species

abduction
The withdrawal of a part from the axis of the body