myositis
myositis is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.
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(mī-ō-sī′tĭs)

[″ + itis, inflammation]
Inflammation of muscle tissue, esp. voluntary muscles caused, for example, by infection, trauma, autoimmunity, or infestation by parasites.
SEE: fibromyalgia
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(mī-ō-sī′tĭs)

[″ + itis, inflammation]
Inflammation of muscle tissue, esp. voluntary muscles caused, for example, by infection, trauma, autoimmunity, or infestation by parasites.
SEE: fibromyalgia
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Myositis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central Redesign, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729759/all/myositis.
Myositis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729759/all/myositis. Accessed January 28, 2023.
Myositis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729759/all/myositis
Myositis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 January 28]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729759/all/myositis.
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