Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Inflammation of the muscles.

    inflammation of muscle tissue

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Irregular formation from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) (genitive μυός (muós)) + -itis.

Irregular formation from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) (genitive μυός (muós)) + -itis.

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Forms

plural: myositides
Singularmyositis
Pluralmyositides

irregular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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