Term: inclusion body myositis: myositis characterized by weakness of limb muscles (especially the thighs and wrists and fingers); sometimes involves swallowing muscles; onset after 50 and slowly progressive; seen more often in men than in women
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: puppet: a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: sun dance: a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: decoder: a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: variety: (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: rule: (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: commonplace book: a notebook in which you enter memorabilia
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: gold: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: pteris: large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: fabulist: a person who tells or invents fables
Broader: myositis: inflammation of muscle tissue | Unrelated: de-escalation: (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)