inclusion body

noun

: an inclusion, abnormal structure, or foreign cell within a cell (such as the eosinophilic body formed by a cytomegalovirus or the abnormal filament characteristic of some myopathies)

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Frampton has suffered from the muscle-weakening inclusion body myositis since 2015. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024 There are some concessions to his inclusion body myositis (IBM). Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2024 Meanwhile, Frampton — who continues to work in defiance of the degenerative inclusion body myositis (IBM) disorder he’s been battling during the past six or so years — is continuing with his other work. Gary Graff, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 Four years after announcing he'd been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a degenerative muscle disorder, Frampton appeared at the awards show in Austin, Texas on Sunday to announce a tribute performance to Lynyrd Skynyrd following Rossington's death. Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2023 One type, inclusion body myositis, can also cause weakness in hands and feet. Laura Landro, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022 Krukow has dealt for years with a degenerative muscle disease, inclusion body myositis, that has left him barely able to walk and losing some dexterity in his hands. Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 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. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2021 He was diagnosed in 2017 with inclusion body myositis, a slow-moving degenerative condition that’s causing his muscles to atrophy. Gary Graff, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of inclusion body was in 1894

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“Inclusion body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inclusion%20body. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

inclusion body

noun
: an inclusion, abnormal structure, or foreign cell within a cell
specifically : an intracellular body that is characteristic of some virus diseases and that is the site of virus multiplication

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