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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
my·al·gi·a       [mahy-al-jee-uh, -juh] Pronunciation Key
–noun Pathology.
pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
Also called myoneuralgia.


[Origin: 1855–60; my- + -algia]

my·al·gic, adjective
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
my·al·gi·a       (mī-āl'jē-ə, -jə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Muscular pain or tenderness, especially when diffuse and nonspecific.

my·al'gic (-jĭk) adj.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
myalgia 
"muscular pain," 1860, coined in Mod.L. (on analogy of neuralgia) from Gk. mys "muscle" + algos "pain."

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myalgia

noun
pain in a muscle or group of muscles 

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Myalgia

My*al"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? muscle + ? pain.] (Med.) Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.

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