dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/myo_MW.json
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{
"myophysics":{
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": the physics of muscular action":[]
},
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"my- + physics":""
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"\u00a6m\u012b\u014d+"
],
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"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
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": a condition in which the visual images come to a focus (see focus entry 1 sense 4 ) in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects : nearsightedness":[
"She wears glasses to correct her myopia ."
],
": a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something":[
"\u2026 those require long-term commitments, which in our current myopia we cannot take on.",
"\u2014 Adam Smith"
]
},
"examples":[
"She wears eyeglasses to correct her myopia .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The political myopia was most significant in the country\u2019s east, political analysts say. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 7 May 2022",
"Smith\u2019s participation can explain the myopia of the new series. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Though nearsightedness isn\u2019t typically thought of as a serious health problem, high myopia can lead to damage in the central retinal area, causing retinal detachment, glaucoma, and cataracts. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"With rates of myopia in the United States increasing from 25 percent in the early 1970s to nearly 42 percent three decades later, more children may soon be wearing such contacts. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Toni Morrison addressed a similar type of myopia in a 1974 essay. \u2014 Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The initiative\u2019s backers badly misjudged the desperation and myopia of wealthier countries, which raced to manufacturers to snatch up doses for their own people. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Taken together, the new UV-IR mixing models illustrate the myopia of the old paradigm \u2014 one based solely on reductionism and effective field theory \u2014 and that may be a start. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Pais and Ruck shine as portraits of corporate myopia , and Dylan Minnette and Camryn Mi-Young Kim do good work as two of the young employees who begin to doubt their corporate messiah. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
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"circa 1654, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"New Latin, from Greek my\u014dpia , from my\u014dp-, my\u014dps":""
},
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"m\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"hypermetropic",
"hyperopic"
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": affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted":[
"It is likely the FDA will initially approve the procedure for severely myopic patients, though it is unclear what range of impaired vision will be included.",
"\u2014 Rhonda Rundle",
"In some eyes, the lens does not become flat enough to bring far objects in focus, although it focuses near objects well; people with such eyes are said to be myopic (nearsighted).",
"\u2014 Rita L. Atkinson et al."
],
": lacking in foresight or discernment : narrow in perspective and without concern for broader implications":[
"Higher learning can offer individuals and societies a depth and breadth of vision absent from the inevitably myopic present.",
"\u2014 Drew Gilpin Faust",
"But only a myopic angler would fail to recognize the alarming signals in those unusual conditions.",
"\u2014 Pete Bodo",
"Like most who mutilate Chopin, he was musically myopic , fawning over each note instead of seeking the longer shape of a phrase, its arc and context, where the real beauty lay.",
"\u2014 Andrew Corsello",
"When he ran again in 2013, this time without a primary opponent, his campaign had an almost myopic focus on a subject dear to Republicans: job creation.",
"\u2014 Andy Kroll"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"m\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-pik",
"-\u02c8\u00e4-pik",
"-\u02c8\u014d-pik",
"-\u02c8\u00e4p-ik"
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"shortsighted"
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"myopolar":{
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": of or relating to muscular polarity":[]
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"my- + polar":""
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"\u00a6m\u012b\u014d+"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"myocarditis":{
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"noun"
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": inflammation of the myocardium":[]
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-(\u02cc)k\u00e4r-\u02c8d\u012b-t\u0259s",
"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-(\u02cc)k\u00e4r-\u02c8d\u012bt-\u0259s"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company now says concerns about myocarditis have subsided after further research and real-world evidence. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Many of the committee's questions to CDC staff were about myocarditis , an inflammation of the heart that is a rare but known potential side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"But since then, several European countries paused the use of the vaccine in people 30 and younger, citing concerns about myocarditis \u2014 an inflammation of the heart muscle. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 5 Nov. 2021",
"There were some early concerns about myocarditis \u2014 inflammation of the heart muscle \u2014 as a side effect of the Pfizer vaccine, mostly among young males. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 1 Oct. 2021",
"There were some early concerns about myocarditis \u2014 inflammation of the heart muscle \u2014 as a side effect of the Pfizer vaccine, mostly among young males. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Four occurred in young men, which is the group that has been the most vulnerable to myocarditis after other COVID-19 vaccines. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"And there were also concerns over myocarditis cases seen after the Novavax series. \u2014 Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"Panel members are also expected to discuss any potential risks of rare heart conditions including myocarditis that have been associated with messenger RNA vaccines such as Pfizer-BioNTech\u2019s, especially in teenage boys and young men. \u2014 Liz Essley Whyte, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
],
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"New Latin":""
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"circa 1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132204"
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"noun"
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": heart attack":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The overall mortality rate during hospitalization for myocardial infarction \u2014 heart attack \u2014 was 16.7% among women and 11.5% among men. \u2014 Marija Butkovic, Forbes , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The doctor was insistent: The EKG clearly indicated a serious myocardial infarction . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In Hinds County, deaths from acute myocardial infarction , or heart attacks, increased 54% from 2019 to 2020. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 Dec. 2021",
"As well as harming infrastructure and setting back businesses, extreme and variable weather directly impacts human health, increasing deaths through stroke and myocardial infarction , said heart and lung transplant surgeon Bill Frist. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The evidence is robust that hs-cTnI in particular can predict the risk of incident CV events such as mortality, myocardial infarction and heart-failure hospitalization. \u2014 Christos Varounis, Scientific American , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The purpose of this study was to investigate whether hs-cTnI can predict the development of new undiagnosed myocardial infarction . \u2014 Christos Varounis, Scientific American , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The study focused on two types of heart attacks: a severe, life-threatening heart attack called ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and a less severe type called Non-STEMI, which is more common among patients. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 30 Nov. 2020",
"There's also evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 can directly infect the heart and cause arrhythmias and, in some cases, contribute to symptoms that mimic a myocardial infarction , or heart attack, Glembotski said. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, USA TODAY , 22 Sep. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143605"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the middle muscular layer of the heart wall":[]
},
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4r-d\u0113-\u0259m",
"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4rd-\u0113-\u0259m"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Myocarditis is inflammation of the myocardium , the muscles in the heart, according to Medline Plus. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Hemorrhagic softening of the myocardium , liver, kidneys and spleen. \u2014 Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star , 2 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from my- + Greek kardia heart \u2014 more at heart":""
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151635"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of hystricomorph rodents comprising the coypu":[]
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"New Latin, from my- + Latin castor beaver":""
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"myoblast":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an undifferentiated cell capable of giving rise to muscle cells":[]
},
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"\u02c8m\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccblast"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231117"
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"noun"
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8sta-t\u1d4an"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233450"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": a part or process of a shell (as of a clam) adapted for the attachment of a muscle":[]
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"-f\u022f(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8m\u012b\u0259\u02ccf\u014d(\u0259)r"
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"noun"
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"New Latin myophrisca , probably irregular from my- + phor- + -isca (from Greek -iskos , diminutive suffix)":""
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"adjective",
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4-kl\u0259-n\u0259s",
"\u02ccm\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4k-l\u0259-n\u0259s"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When movement during sleep gets more elaborate, there may be something else happening besides myoclonus . \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"Spasticity isn\u2019t the same as a muscle twitch, medically known as myoclonus . \u2014 Beth Krietsch, SELF , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Frequent episodes of waking myoclonus can be caused by a disturbance of the brain or spinal cord from inflammation, infections or a toxic reaction to a drug. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2021",
"Doctors have since diagnosed him with central myoclonus , which causes involuntarily muscle twitches. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 15 Oct. 2019",
"Hiccups are a form of myoclonus , as are the sudden jerks or sleep starts experienced before falling asleep. \u2014 Bulletin Board, Twin Cities , 22 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131736"
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": a very large section of the suborder Brachycera that comprises typical two-winged flies having 3-jointed antennae with an arista on the third segment, a distinctly segmented abdomen, leg bases near together on each segment, and modified wing venation":[]
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"New Latin, irregular from Greek myia fly + -\u014dd\u0113s -ode + New Latin -aria":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163513"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a fibrous globulin of muscle that can split ATP and that reacts with actin in muscle contraction to form actomyosin":[]
},
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"\u02c8m\u012b-\u0259-s\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The muscles of all mammals, humans and dogs included, are made of millions of fibers of a protein called myosin . \u2014 NBC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Actin and myosin , the proteins of muscles, permit those bodies to move around. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Nov. 2020",
"Matsuno agrees that myosins are likely causing cell handedness. \u2014 Tim Vernimmen, Quanta Magazine , 31 Jan. 2017",
"Nearly all multicellular animals, except for simple ones like sponges, depend on muscles to move, and all their muscles use some form of contracting fibers in which filaments of the proteins actin and myosin pull past one another to generate force. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 June 2018",
"Hundreds or thousands of amino acids are linked together to form proteins such as insulin, collagen, dystrophin, myosin , and the thousands of others needed for life. \u2014 Sharon Begley, STAT , 1 May 2018",
"That means making sure the cells have myosin and actin \u2014 two proteins that are key to forming the cellular cytoskeleton, and to building muscle filaments. \u2014 Noah Shachtman, WIRED , 25 Mar. 2009"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary my- + -ose entry 2 + -in entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-191531"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of rodents comprising the Old World red-backed lemmings":[]
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"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Myoporaceae ) of mostly Australasian shrubs or trees that have small axillary white flowers with a 5-parted bell-shaped calyx \u2014 see bastard sandalwood":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from myo- (from Greek myein to close\u2014used of the lips and eyes) + -porum (from Greek poros pore)":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"my- + Greek phan- , stem of phainein to show":""
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"noun"
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": a myopic person":[]
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"French, from Late Latin myops myopic, from Greek my\u014dps , from myein to be closed + \u014dps eye, face \u2014 more at eye":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1728, in the meaning defined above":""
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": excessive smallness or contraction of the pupil of the eye":[]
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": a disorder of muscle tissue or muscles":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And then there are a lot of people who are wasted with neuropathy and myopathies who are just going to need time and energy to get that back up. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com , 10 May 2020",
"Clare has Nemaline myopathy , a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness throughout her body. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Doctors discovered Kaden had myofibrillar myopathy , a rare genetic disorder that saps the strength in his muscles. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Petersen was born with central nuclear myopathy , a form of muscular dystrophy that has weakened his muscles, eyes and heart. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2020",
"Andy Welter was born with myotubular myopathy , a muscle disorder that causes problems with the tone and contraction of skeletal muscles, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. \u2014 Jace Frederick, Twin Cities , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Dermatomyositis in general is a disorder that affects one\u2019s muscles, and belongs to a group of conditions called inflammatory myopathies . \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 31 July 2019",
"Already, diseases such as night blindness and myopathy are affecting horses, experts say. \u2014 Jason Bittel, National Geographic , 2 May 2019",
"The 31-year-old woman was suffering a condition called inflammatory myopathy , which affected her left leg and caused pain severe enough to disrupt her sleep. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 20 June 2018"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"definitions":{
": a family of chiefly Australian shrubs and trees (order Polemoniales) having an irregular or bilabiate corolla, didynamous stamens, and berrylike fruit":[]
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"definitions":{
": soreness of voluntary muscle due to inflammation":[]
},
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8s\u012bt-\u0259s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To get Bassoon back to a place where the turtle could care for himself and safely return to the ocean, the National Aquarium took the reptile in for a CT scan, which helped veterinarians diagnose Bassoon with myositis of the jaw muscles. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Franco Patino first got into biomedical engineering to help his mother, who suffers from inclusion body myositis , a rare condition that weakens damages and muscles. \u2014 Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The cause was myositis , a muscle weakening and wasting disease, said a son, Christian Blood. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Since 2014, when the public learned of the disease (inclusion-body myositis ) that so drastically affects Krukow\u2019s ability to walk, Kuiper\u2019s friendship and behind-the-scenes devotion have been invaluable. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2021",
"The tumor, known as a thymoma, caused a neuromuscular disorder called myasthenia gravis that attacked the communication between his nerve cells and muscles, as well as inflammation and breakdown of muscle tissue called myositis . \u2014 S. Wayne Carter Jr., baltimoresun.com , 25 May 2021",
"He was diagnosed in 2017 with inclusion body myositis , a slow-moving degenerative condition that\u2019s causing his muscles to atrophy. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 18 Oct. 2020",
"Four years earlier, Frampton had been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis , a degenerative muscle disorder that would gradually rob him of his ability to play guitar. \u2014 Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Pretty bold statement for a man who\u2019s been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis , a degenerative muscle disease that eventually will take the pick out of his fingers and the guitar off his shoulder. \u2014 Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com , 9 Aug. 2019"
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"New Latin, irregular from Greek mys muscle, mouse":""
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"circa 1807, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": a heterocyclic liquid base C 9 H 10 N 2 formed during smoking of tobacco and obtained by pyrolysis of nicotine; 3-(dihydro-pyrryl)-pyridine":[]
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u014d-in-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259-\u02cct\u022fl",
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8jen-ik",
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": one of the individual filaments of actin or myosin that make up a myofibril":[]
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"-\u02c8fil-\u0259-m\u0259nt",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In fact, research tells us that the best way to develop myoglobin is through high-intensity running (above 80 percent VO2max). \u2014 Luke Humphrey, Outside Online , 13 Nov. 2020",
"Cellular damage post-marathon is best measured by the presence and production of creatinine kinase (CK)\u2014a marker that indicates damage to skeletal and myocardial tissue \u2014 and increased myoglobin levels in the blood stream. \u2014 Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online , 22 Nov. 2019",
"One study concluded that CK damage persisted more than seven days post-marathon while another study discovered the presence of myoglobin in the bloodstream for 3-4 days post race. \u2014 Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Iron is needed to make hemoglobin and myoglobin , important proteins in red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout your body and muscles. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Dec. 2021",
"His urine was dark because the oxygen-carrying parts of the muscle known as myoglobin were collecting in the kidneys. \u2014 New York Times , 14 July 2021",
"His urine was not tested, but the discoloration was likely the result of the excess myoglobin . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2021",
"Each company needed to come up with a means of mimicking myoglobin \u2019s function in the sensory experience of biting into a cut of beef. \u2014 Paul Tullis, Town & Country , 2 May 2021",
"Because of the large amount of myoglobin , these muscles appear dark. \u2014 Joshua Selsby, CNN , 27 Nov. 2019"
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": any of the longitudinal parallel contractile elements of a muscle cell that are composed of myosin and actin":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our bodies rebuild these tears by adding either sarcomeres, which are fibrous proteins inside muscle cells, or myofibrils \u2014chains of rod-like units also in muscle cells that give them their striped appearance. \u2014 Popular Science , 1 Jan. 2019",
"More myofibrils will increase the mass of a muscle cell while more sarcomeres will increase the length. \u2014 Popular Science , 1 Jan. 2019"
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"New Latin myofibrilla , from my- + fibrilla fibril":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet the primary manufacturer of non- myoelectric upper limb prosthetic attachments, TRS, gears its offerings toward hobbyists and veterans looking for leisure activities. \u2014 Britt H. Young, Wired , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Some of the most high-tech innovations (with the exception of bionic knees and ankles) could be substituted with lower-cost, simpler tech for many people who do not need or want to try myoelectric arms. \u2014 Britt H. Young, Wired , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Arun Jayaraman, a robotic prosthetic researcher at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, said the lighter design could help overcome some resistance in users to the myoelectric hands, which to date have been too heavy for some. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2018",
"Arun Jayaraman, a robotic prosthetic researcher at the Shirley Ryan Ability lab in Chicago, said the lighter design could help overcome some resistance in users to the myoelectric hands, which to date have been too heavy for some. \u2014 Fox News , 10 May 2018",
"The Hennes robotic hand has a simpler mechanical design compared with other such myoelectric prosthetics, characterized by sensors that react to electrical signals from the brain to the muscles, said researcher Lorenzo De Michieli. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2018",
"The Hennes robotic hand has a simpler mechanical design compared with other such myoelectric prosthetics, characterized by sensors that react to electrical signals from the brain to the muscles, said researcher Lorenzo De Michieli. \u2014 Fox News , 10 May 2018"
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"\u02ccm\u012b\u0259\u02c8s(h)u\u0307r\u0259s",
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"\u02c8m\u012b\u0259\u02ccm\u022frf",
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"definitions":{
": a very large cosmopolitan genus of vespertilionid bats comprising the common brown bats and numerous related forms":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dawson had a myomectomy , an operation to remove the noncancerous tumors from her uterus. \u2014 al , 21 June 2022",
"For example, a myomectomy removes fibroids without taking out the healthy tissue of the uterus. \u2014 Noel Cody, Essence , 16 Sep. 2021",
"For instance, a myomectomy \u2014 the removal of fibroids from the uterus \u2014 may cause adhesions (scar tissue) that can interfere with conception later. \u2014 Hilda Hutcherson, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Especially since this is two years after having an abdominal myomectomy to remove uterine fibroids. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"If your symptoms still flare up, your doctor might try methods like a myomectomy (removing the fibroid) or embolization to cut off the blood flow to these growths. \u2014 Zahra Barnes, SELF , 14 Feb. 2018",
"There\u2019s a wealth of treatment options, from birth control to reduce pain and bleeding to a myomectomy (surgery to remove the fibroids) to a hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus altogether) and more. 6. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 10 Jan. 2018",
"While a hysterectomy is the most common way to treat fibroid tumors, women who still want to have children can have a myomectomy . \u2014 Sumathi Reddy, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2017",
"The standard treatment is myomectomy , a surgery that involves cutting through the skin on the lower abdomen to reach the uterus and removing fibroids from the uterine wall. \u2014 Lisa Rapaport, Washington Post , 10 July 2017"
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What are fibroids? Fibroid tumors (also known as leiomyomas or myomas ) are firm, white, round growths that are about the texture of solid rubber balls. \u2014 Hilda Hutcherson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020"
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"New Latin":""
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": the portion of an embryonic somite from which skeletal musculature is produced":[]
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because myotonia congenita is a recessive gene, goats that are crossbred with other breeds typically do not display fainting behaviors. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 16 Feb. 2017"
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"New Latin":""
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a muscular disorder that is characterized by dystrophic muscle weakness and myotonia affecting multiple bodily systems and that is caused by an abnormally high number of repeats of a codon in the genetic material":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are two types of myotonic dystrophy , a disease that affects the muscles and other body systems, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Gottfried, 67, had type II myotonic dystrophy , a kind of muscular dystrophy, said his longtime friend and publicist, Glenn Schwartz. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"According to the National Institutes of Health, myotonic dystrophy is an inherited disease that affects the muscles. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"McNally said heart complications are common for the two types of myotonic dystrophy . \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The comedian's longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz said in a statement that the comedian died of recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The telltale sign of myotonic dystrophy type 2 is muscle wasting and weakness. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In a statement, his longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz confirmed that Gottfried died of recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to type 2 myotonic dystrophy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Don Darryl Rivera, who plays the iconic bird on Broadway, delivered the tribute after a performance Tuesday evening \u2014 just hours after Gottfried, 67, died from a rare genetic muscle disorder, type II myotonic dystrophy . \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022"
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