INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inclusion body myositis mean? 

• INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS (noun)
  The noun INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS (noun)

Sense 1

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)