chronic fatigue syndrome

English

Noun

chronic fatigue syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural chronic fatigue syndromes)

(pathology) A condition characterized by immune, endocrine and neurologic pathology whose main symptoms are extreme fatigue, extremely low stamina, muscle pain, lymph node swelling, postexertional malaise, and cognitive difficulties.

Synonyms

CFS (abbreviation)
myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)
neuromyasthenia (dated)
post-viral fatigue syndrome
systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)
yuppie flu (pejorative)

Derived terms

CFS (abbreviation)
ME/CFS
myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Translations

medical condition

Czech: chronický únavový syndrom m
Dutch: chronischevermoeidheidssyndroom (nl) n
Finnish: krooninen väsymysoireyhtymä
Russian: синдром хронической усталости m (sindrom xroničeskoj ustalosti), миалгический энцефаломиелит m (mialgičeskij encefalomijelit)
Spanish: síndrome de fatiga crónica m, encefalopatía miálgica/síndrome de fatiga crónica f, encefalomielitis miálgica f

Further reading

chronic fatigue syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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