Myalgia


[mahy-al-jee-uh, -juh] /maɪˈæl dʒi ə, -dʒə/

noun, Pathology.
1.
pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
/maɪˈældʒɪə/
noun
1.
pain in a muscle or a group of muscles
n.

“muscular pain,” 1827, coined in Modern Latin (on analogy of neuralgia) from myo- “muscle” + -algia “pain.”

myalgia my·al·gi·a (mī-āl’jē-ə, -jə)
n.
Muscular pain or tenderness, especially when diffuse and nonspecific. Also called myodynia.
my·al’gic (-jĭk) adj.

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