MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculoskeletal system mean? 

• MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form

  Familiarity information: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("musculoskeletal system" is a kind of...):

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Meronyms (parts of "musculoskeletal system"):

muscle system; muscular structure; musculature (the muscular system of an organism)

frame; skeletal system; skeleton; systema skeletale (the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal)

Holonyms ("musculoskeletal system" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by of a malformation of the musculoskeletal system.

(Musculoskeletal Deformity, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A surgeon who specializes in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

(Orthopedic surgeon, NCI Dictionary)

Congenital or acquired deformity of the musculoskeletal system.

(Musculoskeletal Deformity, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding of damage to the musculoskeletal system during a surgical procedure.

(Intraoperative Musculoskeletal Injury, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Damage to any part of the musculoskeletal system during a surgical procedure.

(Intraoperative Musculoskeletal Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormality of the musculoskeletal system that is present at birth or detected in the neonatal period.

(Congenital Musculoskeletal Defect, NCI Thesaurus)