| ankylosis | Abnormal stiffness of a
joint or fusion of bones at a joint, often due to
damage of the joint membranes from chronic
rheumatoid arthritis.
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| arthralgia | Pain in a joint.
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| arthrocentesis | Puncture of and
removal of fluid from a joint cavity.
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| arthrodesis | Surgery to fuse the
bones at a joint.
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| arthrogram | Radiograph of a joint
after an injection of radiopaque fluid into the joint
cavity.
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| arthrology | Study of joints and
diseases of them.
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| arthropathy | Any joint disease.
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| arthroplasty | Surgery to make a
joint more movable.
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| arthrostomy | Surgical opening of a
joint to allow fluid drainage.
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| arthrotomy | Surgical incision of a
joint.
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| hemarthrosis | Blood in a joint
cavity.
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| hydrarthrosis | Accumulation of
fluid within a joint cavity.
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| luxation | Dislocation of a joint.
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| subluxation | Partial dislocation of
a joint.
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| synovectomy | Surgical removal of
the synovial membrane of a joint.
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