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myositis

myositis noun: inflammation of the muscles.

Noun

myositis (countable and uncountable, plural myositides)

  1. Inflammation of the muscles.
    Synonyms:
    myitis, sarcitis

myositis meaning in Tamil

myositis in Tamil

தசை அழற்சி, தசையழற்சி, நீளத்தசை வீக்கம்

Synonyms of myositis

Forms of myositis

pluralmyositides

Origin of myositis

Irregular formation from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) (genitive μυός (muós)) + -itis.

Words formed from myositis

Questions about myositis

What does myositis mean?
Myositis means inflammation of the muscles.
What is myositis in Tamil?
Myositis in Tamil is தசை அழற்சி, தசையழற்சி, நீளத்தசை வீக்கம். See Myositis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is myositis?
Myositis is a noun.
What is the plural of myositis?
The plural of myositis is myositides.

Words near myositis in the dictionary

  1. myosinogens
  2. myosins
  3. myosis
  4. myositic
  5. myositides
  6. myositis
  7. myoskeletal
  8. myosmine
  9. myosonographic
  10. myosonography
  11. myosote

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Adapted from Wiktionary: myositis (page history and authors); myositis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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