Definition of Fibromyalgia

1. Noun. (medicine) Chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibromyalgia

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Medical Definition of Fibromyalgia

1. A disorder characterised by muscle pain, stiffness and easy fatigability. The cause is unknown and an estimated 3 million are affected in the USA. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibromyalgia

fibroma myxomatodes
fibromas
fibromata
fibromatoid
fibromatoses
fibromatosis
fibromatosis colli
fibromatosis virus of rabbits
fibromatous
fibromectomy
fibrometer
fibromodulin
fibromuscular
fibromuscular dysplasia
fibromuscular hyperplasia
fibromyalgia (current term)
fibromyalgias
fibromyalgic
fibromyectomy
fibromyomas
fibromyomata
fibromyositis
fibromyxoma
fibronectin
fibronectin hexapeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
fibronectin laminase
fibronectinase
fibronectins
fibronection

Literary usage of Fibromyalgia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Depression in Primary Care: Detection and Diagnosi by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"fibromyalgia Guideline: As with other medical conditions, patients with fibromyalgia may or may not have clinical depression. ..."

2. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Information for Physicians edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"This article will address one of the most common diagnoses in patients who are chronically fatigued, have chronic muscular pain, or both: fibromyalgia. ..."

3. Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimizationby Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett (2003)
"A prospective long-term study of fibromyalgia syndrome. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 39, 682—685. Kessler, RC (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder: The burden ..."

4. The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1999)
"Although fibromyalgia is the most common rheumatic disease in individuals below the age of 60, affecting at least 2 percent of the population, ..."

5. Persian Gulf Experience and Health: Current Bibliographies in Medicine (Jan by John H. Ferguson (1996)
"fibromyalgia and the rheumatisms. Common sense and sensibility. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 1993 Feb ... fibromyalgia syndrome, a Lancet 1993 Oct 9; Cullen MR. ..."

6. Child Victimization: Maltreatment, Bullying and Dating Violence, Prevention ...by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett, Sarah M. Giacomoni by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett, Sarah M. Giacomoni (2005)
"... Pain 9-6 fibromyalgia Syndrome 9-7 The Pathophysiology of fibromyalgia 9-8 Sleep Problems in fibromyalgia 9-9 Irritable Bowel Syndrome 9-9 Psychodynamic ..."

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