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ankyl/o crooked, bent, stiff arthr/o joint burs/o bursa chondr/i, chondr/o cartilage cost/o rib crani/o skull -desis to bind, tie together kyph/o bent, hump lord/o curve, swayback, bent -lysis loosening or setting free myel/o spinal cord, bone marrow oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o bone scoli/o curved, bent spondyl/o vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone synovi/o, synov/o synovial membrane, synovial fluid acetabulum (ass-eh-TAB-you-lum) aka hip socket; large circular cavity in each side of the pelvis that articulates with the head of the femur to form the hip joint allogenic (al-oh-JEN-ick) originating within another ankylosing spondylitis (ang-kih-LOH-singspon-dih-LYE-tis) a type of arthritis of the spine, causing inflammation and gradual fusing of the vertebrae. arthrodesis (ar-throh-DEE-sis) aka surgical ankylosis; the surgical fusion (joining together) of two bones to stiffen a joint, such as an ankle, elbow, or shoulder; performed to treat severe arthritis or a damaged joint arthrolysis (ar-THROL-ih-sis) the surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint arthroscopy (ar-THROS-koh-pee) the visual examination of the internal structure of a joint autologous (aw-TOL-uh-guss) originating within an individual avascular necrosis an area of bone tissue death caused by insufficient blood flow chondromalacia (kon-droh-mah-LAY-shee-ah) abnormal softening of cartilage comminuted fracture (KOM-ih-newt-ed) fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed compression fracture occurs when the bone is pressed together (compressed) on itself costochondritis (kos-toh-kon-DRIGH-tis) an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum craniostenosis (kray-nee-oh-steh-NOH-sis) a malformation of the skull due to the premature closure of the cranial sutures crepitation (krep-ih-TAY-shun) aka crepitus; the grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together dual x-ray absorptiometry (ab-sorp-shee-OM-eh-tree) a means of measuring bone mineral density by using x-ray gout (GOWT) a painful form of arthritis caused by the abnormal buildup of the waste product uric acid in the blood, with uric acid salt deposited as crystals in the joints.