Definition of Fibrositis

1. Noun. Inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths).

Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Fibrositis

1. Noun. fibromyalgia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibrositis

1. [n -SITISES]

Medical Definition of Fibrositis

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrositis

fibros
fibrosarcoma
fibrosarcomas
fibrosarcomata
fibrose
fibrosed
fibroserous
fibroses
fibrosing
fibrosing adenomatosis
fibrosing adenosis
fibrosing alveolitis
fibrosing mediastinitis
fibrosis
fibrositic headache
fibrositis (current term)
fibrositises
fibrosity
fibrospongiae
fibrothorax
fibrotic
fibrous
fibrous-rooted begonia
fibrous adhesion
fibrous ankylosis
fibrous appendix of liver
fibrous articular capsule
fibrous astrocyte

Literary usage of Fibrositis

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

1. A Treatise on clinical medicine by William Hanna Thomson (1918)
"fibrositis, therefore, is sure to occasion atrophy of the implicated muscles, ... The main indication for treatment of fibrositis is to deal with its local ..."

2. General Pathology and Principles of Medicine for Students and Practitioners by Vernon Cecil Rowland (1921)
"fibrositis.— This is a term applied to localized inflammatory infiltrations and fibrous thickenings around bones and in the subcutaneous tissues and muscles ..."

3. Gout by Richard Llewellyn Jones Llewellyn, William Mardon Beaumont (1921)
"Our difficulty, moreover, in appreciating the cogency of this plea for excluding the influence of gout in muscular fibrositis is the more accentuated in ..."

4. Medical Diagnosis by Arthur Latham (1915)
"fibrositis (MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM). Muscular pains of varying intensity may result from a toxic inflammation of the fibrous tissues between various muscle ..."

5. The Clinical Journal (1905)
"Sudden and considerable variations in temperature constitute by no means an uncommon cause of a generalised fibrositis which takes the form of so-called ..."

6. A System of Diet and Dietetics by George Alexander Sutherland (1908)
"DIET IN CHRONIC RHEUMATISM (fibrositis) Under this heading are included not only the chronic joint affections, which may be left as sequelae of acute or ..."

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