INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Myositis characterized by weakness of limb muscles (especially the thighs and wrists and fingers); sometimes involves swallowing muscles; onset after 50 and slowly progressive; seen more often in men than in women

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("inclusion body myositis" is a kind of...):

myositis (inflammation of muscle tissue)

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