Further, judges who had experience with IP were assisted by technical assistants called Chosa-kan, who were senior examiners dispatched by the JPO and well-experienced patent attorneys temporarily appointed by the Supreme Court of Japan.
Definition. Arthralgia means pain in a joint. Polyarthralgia means pain in several joints (two or more for the purposes of this discussion). Arthritis is a diagnosis and is not a symptom; its diagnosis requires the physical signs of articular inflammation or the physical or roentgenographic signs of osteoarthritis. The major disorders associated with arthritis (and hence with arthralgia) are summarized in Table 159.2 in the preceding chapter.
causalgia. [kozalâ²kÃ´zal]. JÉ: Etymology, gk, kausis, burning, algos. pain a severe sensation of burning, pain often in an, extremity sometimes accompanied by local erythema of the. skintymology: Gk, kausis, burning, algos, pain. a severe sensation of burning pain, often in an extremity, sometimes accompanied by local erythema of the skin. Neurology. Persistent pain of an extremity after prolonged autonomic nervous system stimulation.