n, pl  -y*ses   :  disintegration of muscle tissue <myofibrillar necrosis consistent with alcoholic -A. J. Siegel & D. M. Dawson>  myo*lyt*ic adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  my·e·lo·sis 
 
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