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Med Term 1101 > Unit 5 > Flashcards

Unit 5 Flashcards

1
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Agon

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Main actor;driver

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Alges[ia]

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Pain

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Ankylos

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Stiff

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Appendix

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Part attached to the end

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Arthr
Arthro

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Joint

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Articul[us]

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Joint

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Asthenia

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Weakness

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Axi

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Axis

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Blast

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A rapidly dividing cell

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Burs
Bursa

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Purse; bag

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Carcin

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Cancer

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Carp

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Wrist

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Center

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Middle of round object

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Cephal

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Pertaining to the head

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Cervic
Cervico

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Neck

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Chondr
Chondro

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Cartilage

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Circum

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Around

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Clast

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Breakdown

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Clonus

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Violent shaking

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Condyle

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Knob

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Cost
Costo

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Rib

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Cranio

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Head; skull

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Crepit[us]

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Crackling noise

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Cyt

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Cell

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Dactyl

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Finger

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Duct

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To lead

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Effusion

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Pouring out of

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Electro

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Related to electricity

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29
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Erg[on]

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Energy

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30
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Exten[d]

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Moving away from

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Facet

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Flat spot, like on a jewel

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Fasc
Fascio

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Bundle of fibers

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Femor
Femur

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Thigh

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34
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Fissure

A

Deep crack

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Fixate

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Remain in place

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Flex

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Reducing the angle of a joint

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Foramen

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Hole

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Fossa

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Shallow groove

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Fracture

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Broken bone

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Genu

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Knee

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Glen[e]

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Socket

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42
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Gomph

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Tooth

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43
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Graph

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Written record

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44
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Hallux

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Big toe

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Hemo
Hemato

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Blood

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Hydr

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Water

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47
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Inflammation

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Inflammation

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Kines
Kinet

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Movement

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Kyphosis

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Hunchback cube of the spine

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Lacrim

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Crying; tears

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51
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Lamella

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Thin plate

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Lemma

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Thin layer surrounding a cell

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Lordosis

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Swayback curve if the spine

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Lumb
Lumbo

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Lower back

55
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Luxation

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Dislocation

56
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Meats

A

Tube; passage

57
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Medull[a]

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Marrow;center

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Membran[e]

A

Thin sheet

59
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Mere

A

A part

60
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Metric

A

Measurement

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Musculo

A

Muscle

62
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My
Myo
Myos

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Muscle

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Myel

A

Marrow

64
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Necro

A

Death

65
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Necro

A

Death

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Neuro

A

Nervous system

67
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Occipit[o]

A

Back of the head

68
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Olisthes

A

Slippage

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Ortho

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Strait; at right angles ; true

70
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Os
Osse
Ost
Osteo

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Bone

71
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Pector[is]

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Chest

72
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Pelvis

A

Hips; lower abdomen

73
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Phalanges

A

Fingers and toes

74
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Physis

A

Part of bone

75
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Plasm

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Something molded; plastic or dough

76
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Polarize[e]

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To go to one extreme or another

77
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Pollux

A

Thumb

78
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Por[e]

A

Hole

79
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Prone

A

Face down

80
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Pyre

A

Fever

81
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Sarc
Sarco

A

Muscle; flesh

82
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Scler

A

Hard

83
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Scoliosis

A

Lateral curvature of the spine

84
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Scop

A

Instrument for looking inside

85
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Skelet

A

Skeleton; bones collectively

86
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Spasm

A

Uncontrollable contraction

87
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Sphincter

A

Muscle surrounding an opening

88
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Spin
Spina
Spine

A

Spine; vertebrae

89
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Spondylitis
Spondlyo

A

Vertebrae

90
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Sprain

A

Injury to ligament

91
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Sten

A

Abnormal narrowing

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Stereo
Sternum

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Sternum; breast bone

93
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Strain

A

Injury to muscles or tendons

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Sulcus

A

Groove

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Supine

A

Face up

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Tars
Tarsi
Tarsus

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Ankle

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Tax

A

Moving

98
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Tempor

A

Side of the head

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Ten
Teno
Tendo
Tendin
Tendon

A

Tendon

100
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Thorax
Thorax

A

Chest

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Tibia

A

None of the lower extremity below the knee

102
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Tomo

A

Cutting

103
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Ton
Tono

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Tone, strength

104
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Trochanter

A

Point on cement where large leg muscles attach

105
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Trochlea

A

Piece of bone that acts as a pulley

106
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Troph

A

Nourishment, growth

107
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Tuber

A

Potato like raised area on bone

108
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Valgum

A

Knees closer than normal

109
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Varum

A

Knees farther apart than normal

110
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Vertebra

A

Bone of spinal column

111
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ACL

A

Anterior cruciate ligament

112
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C1-C7

A

Cervical vertebrae (numbered superior in inferior)

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CT

A

Computed tomography

114
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EMG

A

Electromyogram

115
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Fx

A

Fracture

116
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IM

A

Intramuscular

117
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L1-L5

A

Lumbar vertebrae

118
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LCL

A

Lateral collateral ligament

119
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MCL

A

Medial collateral ligament

120
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MRI

A

Magnetic resonance imaging

121
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NSAID

A

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

122
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OA

A

Osteoarthritis

123
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ORIF

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Open reduction/ internal fixation

124
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PCL

A

Posterior cruciate ligament

125
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PT

A

Physical therapy

126
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RA

A

Rheumatoid arthritis

127
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RICE

A

Rest, ice, compression, elevate

128
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ROM

A

Range of motion

129
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S1-S5

A

Sacral vertebrae

130
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T1-T12

A

Thoracic vertebrae

131
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WB

A

Weight-bearing

132
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WBAT

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Weight-bearing as tolerated

Med Term 1101 (10 decks)

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