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After Reading a Medical Report, You Learn That a 45-Year-Old

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After reading a medical report, you learn that a 45-year-old female has the following symptoms: inflammation of synovial membranes, accumulation of synovial fluid, pain and tenderness about the joints, pannus formation, and some immobility at certain joints. On the basis of these symptoms, what would the patient probably have?


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Induced Movement

An optical illusion in which a stationary object appears to move due to the motion of another surrounding object.

Autokinetic Illusion

A visual phenomenon in which a stationary point of light in a dark environment appears to move or drift due to small involuntary eye movements.

Induced Movement

A perceptual phenomenon where motion is perceived in a stationary object because of the movement of a surrounding framework or nearby objects.

Stroboscopic Motion

The visual illusion of smooth motion produced by a series of rapidly displayed static images that minimally differ from each other.

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