Dictionary

fibromyalgia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌfaɪbroʊmaɪˈældʒə/

Etymology

From fibro- (“tissue”) + my- (“muscle”) + -algia (“pain”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A condition characterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.
   • They have since used the approach to look at the brains of people with fibromyalgia, a mysterious syndrome that causes pain all over the body. Volunteers with fibromyalgia also had more active glial cells in their brains, although this time in the cerebellar cortex and the medulla – regions that are linked to movement and automatic functions like breathing and digestion. 2016 November 26, Jessica Hamzelou, “Hitting where it hurts”, in New Scientist, number 3101, page 36:

Forms

Deriveds

fibromyalgic · fibromyalgianess

Translations (14)

ko 섬유근육통 (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · it fibromialgia (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · ru фибромиалги́я (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · cmn 纖維肌痛 /纤维肌痛 (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · tr fibromiyalji (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · vi hội chứng đau xơ cơ (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · pt fibromialgia (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · is vefjagigt (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · nl fibromyalgie (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · cs fibromyalgie (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · es fibromialgia (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · fi fibromyalgia (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · ga fibrimiailge (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints) · sv fibromyalgi (condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints)