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myositis ossificans

my·o·si·tis os·si·fi·cans [ mī ō stiss o síffikənz ]


noun 
Definition:
 
disorder in which muscle becomes bone: a rare, usually genetic, inflammatory muscle disease featuring deposits of calcium followed by the formation of bony tissue

[< modern Latin, myositis "becoming bone"]
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