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Musculoskeletal

ostealgia

os-tee-AL-jee-uh

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Definition

Pain in a bone

PathologyMusculoskeletal

Breakdown

Root

oste/o

bone

Suffix

-algia

pain

Etymology

Greek: oste/o (bone) + -algia (pain)

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