fibromyalgia

/ˌfaɪbroʊmaɪˈældʒə/

fibromyalgia noun: a condition characterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.

Noun

fibromyalgia (countable and uncountable, plural fibromyalgias)

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...2016 November 26, Jessica Hamzelou, “Hitting where it hurts”, in New Scientist, number 3101, page 36

condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints: hội chứng đau xơ cơ

plural	fibromyalgias

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

What does fibromyalgia mean?: Fibromyalgia means a condition characterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.
What is fibromyalgia in Vietnamese?: Fibromyalgia in Vietnamese is hội chứng đau xơ cơ. See Fibromyalgia meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is fibromyalgia?: Fibromyalgia is a noun.
How do you pronounce fibromyalgia?: Fibromyalgia is pronounced /ˌfaɪbroʊmaɪˈældʒə/.
What is the plural of fibromyalgia?: The plural of fibromyalgia is fibromyalgias.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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