inclusion body
noun
: an inclusion, abnormal structure, or foreign cell within a cell (such as the eosinophilic body formed by a cytomegalovirus or the abnormal filament characteristic of some myopathies)
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Four years after announcing he'd been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a degenerative muscle disorder, Frampton appeared at the awards show in Austin, Texas on Sunday to announce a tribute performance to Lynyrd Skynyrd following Rossington's death.
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Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2023
One type, inclusion body myositis, can also cause weakness in hands and feet.
—Laura Landro, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
Krukow has dealt for years with a degenerative muscle disease, inclusion body myositis, that has left him barely able to walk and losing some dexterity in his hands.
—Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
Franco Patino first got into biomedical engineering to help his mother, who suffers from inclusion body myositis, a rare condition that weakens damages and muscles.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2021
He was diagnosed in 2017 with inclusion body myositis, a slow-moving degenerative condition that’s causing his muscles to atrophy.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2020
Four years earlier, Frampton had been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a degenerative muscle disorder that would gradually rob him of his ability to play guitar.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 26 Nov. 2019
The neuron in the center (yellow) contains an abnormal intracellular accumulation of huntingtin called an inclusion body (orange).
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019
Pretty bold statement for a man who’s been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a degenerative muscle disease that eventually will take the pick out of his fingers and the guitar off his shoulder.
—Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
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Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2023
One type, inclusion body myositis, can also cause weakness in hands and feet.
—Laura Landro, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
Krukow has dealt for years with a degenerative muscle disease, inclusion body myositis, that has left him barely able to walk and losing some dexterity in his hands.
—Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
Franco Patino first got into biomedical engineering to help his mother, who suffers from inclusion body myositis, a rare condition that weakens damages and muscles.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2021
He was diagnosed in 2017 with inclusion body myositis, a slow-moving degenerative condition that’s causing his muscles to atrophy.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2020
Four years earlier, Frampton had been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a degenerative muscle disorder that would gradually rob him of his ability to play guitar.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 26 Nov. 2019
The neuron in the center (yellow) contains an abnormal intracellular accumulation of huntingtin called an inclusion body (orange).
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019
Pretty bold statement for a man who’s been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a degenerative muscle disease that eventually will take the pick out of his fingers and the guitar off his shoulder.
—Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
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1894, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
inclusion body
noun
: an inclusion, abnormal structure, or foreign cell within a cell
specifically
: an intracellular body that is characteristic of some virus diseases and that is the site of virus multiplication
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