Meanings
- not comparableOf, or relating to both muscles and the skeleton.
Have the patient collect an hour-by-hour log of work activities, with an attempt to define actions that may cause or exacerbate musculoskeletal problems.
2006, Stephen A. Paget, Hospital for Special Surgery Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient, page 22 more examples
The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.
2018 November 8, Dr. Melina Jampolis, “The real science behind fascia ailments”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023The most common cause of absence in the rail and bus sectors is musculoskeletal - conditions that affect joints, bones and muscles. Between January 1 2019 and June 30 2022, 6.5 million working days were lost due to musculoskeletal illness at a cost of £946m.
2023 January 25, Alun Baker, “A wellbeing crisis”, in RAIL, number 975, page 65
Origin
- Englishmusculo-
- Englishskeleton
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishskeletal
- Englishmusculoskeletal
Translations
Dutch musculoskeletaal
- musculoskeletaalof, or relating to both muscles and the skeleton
Finnish muskuloskeletaalinen
- muskuloskeletaalinenof, or relating to both muscles and the skeleton
Italian muscoloscheletrico
- muscoloscheletricoof, or relating to both muscles and the skeleton
Spanish musculoesquelético
- musculoesqueléticoof, or relating to both muscles and the skeleton
Cite this entry
musculoskeletal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musculoskeletal
“musculoskeletal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musculoskeletal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musculoskeletal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musculoskeletal.
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