myositis

noun

myo·si·tis ˌmī-ə-ˈsī-təs

: soreness of voluntary muscle due to inflammation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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 To get Bassoon back to a place where the turtle could care for himself and safely return to the ocean, the National Aquarium took the reptile in for a CT scan, which helped veterinarians diagnose Bassoon with myositis of the jaw muscles. —

Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 12 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 The cause was myositis, a muscle weakening and wasting disease, said a son, Christian Blood. —

Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021 Since 2014, when the public learned of the disease (inclusion-body myositis) that so drastically affects Krukow’s ability to walk, Kuiper’s friendship and behind-the-scenes devotion have been invaluable. —

Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021 The tumor, known as a thymoma, caused a neuromuscular disorder called myasthenia gravis that attacked the communication between his nerve cells and muscles, as well as inflammation and breakdown of muscle tissue called myositis. —

S. Wayne Carter Jr., baltimoresun.com, 25 May 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 See More

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