Myalgia
/maɪˈældʒiə/noun
Pain in the muscles.
Did you know?Myalgia comes from Greek roots that also gave us words for muscle and pain, showing how ancient medicine often named symptoms by combining precise body-part terms with raw suffering.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
mys
“muscle”
Ancient Greek
Gk
algos
“pain, distress”
Late Latin
Lat
myalgia
“muscle pain”
19th Century
English
myalgia
“pain in the muscles”
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