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Definition of Dermatomyositis
1. Noun. Myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals.
Definition of Dermatomyositis
1. Noun. A disease of connective tissue, related to polymyositis, characterized by inflammation of the muscles and skin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Dermatomyositis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dermatomyositis
Literary usage of Dermatomyositis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"dermatomyositis Definition.—A febrile disease, associated with violent pains,
... A chronic dermatomyositis has been described (Schultze; Dietschy). ..."
2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1903)
"dermatomyositis BY F. FORCHHEIMER, MD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. ... The history of'the
case, which I believe to be a case of dermatomyositis, is as follows ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"The author discusses the term dermatomyositis. He prefers the term poly- myositis
to dermatomyositis, inasmuch as the cutaneous eruption observed in some ..."
4. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1922)
"There were very marked evidences of dermatomyositis in both legs and ... How long
the dermatomyositis had existed in this man, it was impossible to learn. ..."
5. Generalized Pain by Norbert Ortner, Francis Joseph Rebman (1922)
"Of course, the matter assumes a different aspect when acute or subacute
dermatomyositis is in question. If the disease sets in with fever, ..."
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