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‖ myalgia Path.|maɪˈældʒɪə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. µῦ-ς muscle + -αλγία, ἄλγος pain.]
A morbid condition of a muscle, characterized by pain and tenderness; muscular rheumatism. Hence myalgic |maɪˈældʒɪk| a., of the nature of, characterized by, or affected with myalgia.
1860T. Inman On Myalgia Pref. p. viii, The Author was guided to the choice of the word ‘Myalgia’—first, because it had a familiar look about it, as resembling neuralgia; secondly, because it implied no other theory than that the muscles were the seats of pain. Ibid. 187 Is the heart subject to myalgic affections? 1880A. Flint Princ. Med. 803 Neuralgia affecting sensory nerves in muscular organs may be distinguished as myalgia. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 1 The word [Rheumatism]..has now become a convenient term for embracing myalgic, neurotic and arthritic pain. |