Myositis

Definition: Myositis

Myositis

Noun

1. Inflammation of muscle tissue.

Etymology: Myositis \My`o*si"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression muscle -itis.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Myositis

Domain	Definition
Health	Inflammation of a voluntary muscle. (references)
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Crosswords: Myositis

Specialty definitions using "myositis": Granuloma, Plasma Cell, Orbital. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Myositis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (myositis), Dutch (myositis), German (myositis).

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Commercial Usage: Myositis

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Inclusion Body Myositis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Coping with a Myositis Disease (reference) Inclusion-Body Myositis and Myopathies (reference) Myositis & Myopathies: Raynauld's Phenomenon (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Myositis

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Myositis! / Ed. W. Hopley. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Myositis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory muscle disease characterized by slow and relentlessly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy of the muscles. (references)
		Another disabling syndrome is fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by fatigue, stiffness, joint tenderness, and widespread muscle pain. Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis are painful disorders characterized by muscle inflammation. (references)
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Expressions: Myositis

Expressions using "myositis": Myositis Ossificans ♦ myositis trichinosa. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Myositis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
myositis	202
inclusion body myositis	32
myositis ossificans	26
tension myositis syndrome	15
inclusive body myositis	5
masticatory muscle myositis	4
myositis viral	4
association myositis	4
myositis tension	4
myositis orbital	3
myalgia myositis	3
masticular myositis	3
masticatory myositis	3
atrophic myositis	2
myositis symptom	2
canine myositis	2
myositis ossification	2
lupus myositis	2
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Modern Translation: Myositis

Language		Translations for "myositis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		myositis. (various references)

Dutch		myositis. (various references)

Finnish		myosiitti, lihastulehdus. (various references)

French		myosite (f), myosite. (various references)

German		Myositis. (various references)

Greek		μυοσίτιδα. (various references)

Hebrew		שררת. (various references)

Italian		miosite (myosotis). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		筋炎 (inflammation of a muscle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		き�"え�" (close relation, inflammation of a muscle, No Smoking!). (various references)

Pig Latin		yositismay

Portuguese		miosite. (various references)

Spanish		miositis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Myositis

Derivations
	Words beginning with "myositis": myositises. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Myositis"

Words rhyming with "myositis" (pronounced 'My`o*si"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis, Oophoritis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Myositis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "i-i-m-o-s-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: mitosis.
	-2 letters: miosis, myosis, mysost.
	-3 letters: misos, missy, mists, misty, mitis, moist, mossy, mosts, omits, stimy.
	-4 letters: isms, miso, miss, mist, mity, moss, most, mots, omit, sims, sits, smit, sots, soys, toms, toss, toys.
	-5 letters: ism, its, mis, mos, mot, oms, sim, sis, sit, som, sos, sot, soy, sty, tis, tom, toy, yom.
	Words containing the letters "i-i-m-o-s-s-t-y"
	+2 letters: misogynist, myositises.
	+3 letters: misogynists, symbolistic.
	+4 letters: assimilatory, misogynistic, myoinositols, synonymities.
	+5 letters: actinomycosis, biosystematic, dissimilatory, impossibility, isosmotically, myocarditises, osteomyelitis, physostigmine, stichomythias, stichomythies, systemization.
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