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Myostatin

A growth-regulating protein that limits the size of muscles by inhibiting excessive growth.

Myositis due to infestation with trichinae.

Myositis due to physical injury. The condition may be simple, with accompanying pain and swelling, or may be suppurative.

Suppurative myositis with abscesses; caused by bacterial infection.

Myositis with hyperplasia of connective tissue.

Myositis accompanied by infiltration of fibrous tissue.

A proteose resulting from the hydrolysis of myosin.

Inflammation of the muscular tissue of a fallopian tube.

A coarse muscular tremor of the hands or feet.

Myopia seen in spasm of accommodation, as in acute iritis or iridocyclitis.