Meanings
plural rhabdomyolyses
- countableuncountablemedicineThe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine.
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Add another problem to the long list of issues stirring conflict between Coach Mike Shanahan and defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth: rhabdomyolysis. The condition causes the rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle because of injury to muscle tissue, and rhabdomyolysis is what sidelined Haynesworth in practice last week, three people familiar with the situation said Sunday.
2010 August 22, Jason Reid, “Redskins Insider”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2012
Origin
- Ancient Greekῥάβδος (rhábdos)
- Proto-Indo-European*múHs
- Proto-Hellenic*mū́s
- Ancient Greekμῦς (mûs)
- Englishmyo-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
- Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
- Englishrhabdomyolysis
From Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”) + English myo- (“muscle”) + -lysis (“decomposition, breakdown”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 橫紋肌溶解症 /横纹肌溶解症
- 橫紋肌溶解症 /横纹肌溶解症 (héng wén jī róng jiě zhèng)the rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Finnish rabdomyolyysi
- rabdomyolyysithe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
French rhabdomyolyse
- rhabdomyolysethe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Greek ραβδομυόλυση
- ραβδομυόλυση (ravdomyólysi)the rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Italian rabdomiolisi
- rabdomiolisithe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Russian рабдомиолиз, о́стрый некроз скелетных мышц
- рабдомиолиз (rabdomioliz)the rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
- о́стрый некроз скелетных мышц (óstryj nekroz skeletnyx myšc)the rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Spanish rabdomiolisis, rabdomiólisis
- rabdomiolisisthe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
- rabdomiólisisthe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Thai กล้ามเนื้อลายสลายตัว
- กล้ามเนื้อลายสลายตัวthe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Vietnamese tiêu cơ vân
- tiêu cơ vânthe rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rhabdomyolysis
Cite this entry
rhabdomyolysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhabdomyolysis
“rhabdomyolysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhabdomyolysis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rhabdomyolysis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhabdomyolysis.
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