POLYMYOSITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polymyositis mean? 

• POLYMYOSITIS (noun)
  The noun POLYMYOSITIS has 1 sense:

1. myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals

  Familiarity information: POLYMYOSITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYMYOSITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("polymyositis" is a kind of...):

myositis (inflammation of muscle tissue)

 Context examples 

Polymyositis causes muscle weakness, usually in the muscles closest to the trunk of your body.

(Myositis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

An autoimmune overlap syndrome characterized by the presence of symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma, and polymyositis.

(Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Pathologic Ab-Ig Proteins are immunoglobulin-related (IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM antibody) glycoproteins characteristically found in patients with multiple myeloma, infectious diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and other connective tissue diseases, or systemic autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, scleroderma, polymyositis, and mixed connective tissue disease.

(Pathologic Ab-Ig Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Polymyositis and dermatomyositis are first treated with high doses of a corticosteroid.

(Myositis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Two specific kinds are polymyositis and dermatomyositis.

(Myositis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)