myogelosis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Myogelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, myo- +‎ gelosis.

Noun

myogelosis (countable and uncountable, plural myogeloses)

1. (medicine, uncommon) A palpable area of hardening, stiffness or swelling in a muscle, usually painful on pressure, now considered to be correlated with a myofascial trigger point.
   • 1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of Myogelosis”, in Clinical Anatomy, volume 12, number 4, Wiley-Liss, Inc., →DOI, →PMID, page 266:

     Myogelosis is a common diagnosis in the case of chronic pain conditions, especially in the region of the pectoral girdle musculature, the glutei muscles, and the erector spinae muscle. Although such indurative areas continue to be palpable even on the cadaver, few studies concerning the morphological substrate of these areas have been undertaken.

Derived terms

• myogelotic