Meanings
plural fibromyalgias
- countableuncountablemedicineA condition characterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.
1 more example
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
Origin
From fibro- (“tissue”) + my- (“muscle”) + -algia (“pain”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 纖維肌痛 /纤维肌痛
- 纖維肌痛 /纤维肌痛 (xiānwéi jītòng)condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Czech fibromyalgie
- fibromyalgiecondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Dutch fibromyalgie
- fibromyalgiecondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Finnish fibromyalgia
- fibromyalgiacondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Icelandic vefjagigt
- vefjagigtcondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Irish fibrimiailge
- fibrimiailgecondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Italian fibromialgia
- fibromialgiacondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Korean 섬유근육통
- 섬유근육통 (seomyugeunyuktong)condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Portuguese fibromialgia
- fibromialgiacondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Russian фибромиалги́я
- фибромиалги́я (fibromialgíja)condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Spanish fibromialgia
- fibromialgiacondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Swedish fibromyalgi
- fibromyalgicondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Turkish fibromiyalji
- fibromiyaljicondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
Vietnamese hội chứng đau xơ cơ
- hội chứng đau xơ cơcondition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints
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fibromyalgia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibromyalgia
“fibromyalgia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibromyalgia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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