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Definition of Polymyositis
1. Noun. Myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals.
Definition of Polymyositis
1. Noun. (medicine) An inflammatory disease affecting multiple muscles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Polymyositis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polymyositis
Literary usage of Polymyositis
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)
"ii, polymyositis In this disease many muscles of the body are simultaneously
affected There are several clinical forms, including (a) dermatomyositis, ..."
2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1902)
"Acute non-suppurative polymyositis he distinguishes from instances of myositis in
... All these forms of acute polymyositis have, however, much in common, ..."
3. The Practice of Medicine by Horatio C. Wood, Reginald Heber Fitz (1897)
"The cause of polymyositis is unknown ; it may be some specific germ or poison.
... In polymyositis there seems to be a true inflammation of the muscles, ..."
4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1905)
"See the reference in Thayer's article entitled, Kotes on a Case of Acute Haemorrhagic
polymyositis. Boston Med. and Surg. J., 1902, cxlvii, 313. 52. ..."
5. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"Acute polymyositis.—The form of myositis which has just been discussed is largely
a local affair affecting one muscle or a small group of closely related ..."
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