Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inclusion body myositis
n 1: 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