chronic fatigue syndrome

English

Noun

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

1. (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