rhabdomyolysis rhab·do·my·ol·y·sis (rāb’dō-mī-ŏl’ĭ-sĭs)
An acute, fulminant, potentially fatal disease that destroys skeletal muscle and is often accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine.


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