polymyositis has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) myositis characterixed by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

The clinical impression at this time was either muscular_dystrophy or polymyositis .

Related terms

myositis inflammation

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