| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| joint stiffness |
ankylosis
|
| stiffness and inflammation, joint |
arthritis
|
| cramp or appendage stiffness |
charley horse
|
| medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain |
embrocation
,
liniment
|
| symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings |
Kernig's sign
|
| mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness |
myotonia congenita
,
Thomsen's disease
|
| shock, temporary stiffness due to |
rigor
|
| temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death |
rigor mortis
|
| inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness |
spondylitis
|
