Glossary

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  • Passive motion

    Movement as the result of an external force; that is, without voluntary muscle contraction.  

  • Continuous passive motion

    Use of a mechanical device following surgery to passively and gradually move a repaired joint through a prescribed range of motion continuously over an extended period. The goal is to reduce recovery time by decreasing soft tissue stiffness, increasing range of motion, promoting healing of joint surfaces and soft tissue, and preventing the development of motion-limiting…

  • Active motion

    Movement caused by the patient’s own intention.  

  • Accessory joint motion

    Associated movement in synovial and secondary cartilaginous joints that accompanies active voluntary range of motion and is necessary for full painless joint range of motion and function. These relatively small rolling and gliding movements, also called accessory movements or joint play, cannot be isolated voluntarily.  

  • Biological mother

    A woman whose ovum was fertilized and became a fetus. This term does not apply to an individual who provided the uterus for the gestation of a fertilized ovum obtained from a donor.  

  • Sphagnum moss

    Peat moss. It has been used as a surgical bandage and by some primitive people as a form of external menstrual protection.  

  • Mosquitocide

    An agent that is lethal to mosquitoes or their larvae.  

  • Morvan’s disease

    A form of syringomyelia in which there are trophic changes in the extremities with slowly healing ulcers.  

  • Moruloid

    A bacterial colony made up of a mass resembling a mulberry.  

  • Morton’s toe

    Congenital short, hypertrophied second metatarsal bone with tenderness over the head of that bone, callosities under the second and third metatarsals, and pain and tenderness of the metatarsal area. Also called Morton’s disease or Morton’s syndrome.