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myogelosis

myogelosis noun: a palpable area of hardening, stiffness or swelling in a muscle, usually painful on pressure, now considered to be correlated with a myofascial trigger point.

Noun

myogelosis (countable and uncountable, plural myogeloses)

  1. (uncommon) A palpable area of hardening, stiffness or swelling in a muscle, usually painful on pressure, now considered to be correlated with a myofascial trigger point.
    • Myogelosis is a common diagnosis in the case of chronic pain conditions, especially in the region of the pectoral girdle musculature, the glutei muscles, and the erector spinae muscle. Although such indurative areas continue to be palpable even on the cadaver, few studies concerning the...1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of Myogelosis”, in Clinical Anatomy, volume 12, number 4, Wiley-Liss...

myogelosis meaning in Tamil

myogelosis in Tamil

தசைப்பகுதி கடினமுறல்

Forms of myogelosis

pluralmyogeloses

Origin of myogelosis

Borrowed from German Myogelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, myo- + gelosis.

Words formed from myogelosis

Questions about myogelosis

What does myogelosis mean?
Myogelosis means a palpable area of hardening, stiffness or swelling in a muscle, usually painful on pressure, now considered to be correlated with a myofascial trigger point.
What is myogelosis in Tamil?
Myogelosis in Tamil is தசைப்பகுதி கடினமுறல். See Myogelosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is myogelosis?
Myogelosis is a noun.
What is the plural of myogelosis?
The plural of myogelosis is myogeloses.

Words near myogelosis in the dictionary

  1. myofunctional
  2. myofusion
  3. MYOG
  4. myoga
  5. myogeloses
  6. myogelosis
  7. myogelotic
  8. myogenesis
  9. myogenetic
  10. myogenic
  11. myogenically

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