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polymyositis
polymyositis n.
Brit. 
/ˌpɒlɪmʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪtᵻs/
, /ˌpɒlɪmʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪtᵻs/U.S. /ˌpɑliˌmaɪoʊˈsaɪdᵻs/
[after post-classical Latin polymyositis (in polymyositis chronica progressiva: 1874 in a German context, in the passage translated in quot. 1877)] Medicine (originally) any inflammatory disorder affecting a number of muscles; (now) spec. a syndrome characterized by acute or chronic inflammation and degeneration of skeletal muscle, causing pain, weakness, and wasting in affected (usually proximal) muscles./ˌpɑliˌmaɪoʊˈsaɪdᵻs/ΘΚΠ
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myositis1807
polymyositis1877
1877 tr. A. Eulenburg in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIV. 133 The disease consists in an essentially inflammatory process, a ‘polymyositis chronica progressiva’.
1958 J. N. Walton & R. D. Adams Polymyositis i. 2 The terms polymyositis and dermatomyositis were used almost indiscriminately by the early authors.
1995 Denver Post 18 May a12/2 Thomas didn't live long enough to see her daughter..develop cancer and lose a breast on top of polymyositis, a muscle-wasting disease.
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