Author: Glossary

Formation of muscular tissue, especially in embryos.  

Abnormal hardening of a portion of muscle.  

Inflammation of the perimysium, the fibrous tissue that encloses muscle tissue.  

Tumor containing muscular and fibrous tissue.  

A slow-growing tumor of the sweat gland.  

Inflammation of the cardiac muscular wall and membranous lining.  

Device for measurement of muscular strength.  

The force of ciliary muscle contraction needed to increase the refraction of the eye one diopter more than when the eye is at rest.  

Inflammation of vaginal muscular tissue.  

Condition marked by persistent and continuous muscular spasms in unrelated muscles.