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chronic fatigue syndrome

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քրոնիկական հոգնածության համախտանիշ (kʻronikakan hognacutʻyan hamaxtaniš) — medical condition
  • Belarusian: сіндром хранічнай стомленасці (sindróm xraničnaj stómljenasci) — medical condition
  • Catalan: síndrome de fatiga crònica — medical condition
  • Czech: chronický únavový syndrom — medical condition
  • Dutch: chronischevermoeidheidssyndroom — medical condition
  • Finnish: krooninen väsymysoireyhtymä — medical condition
  • French: syndrome de fatigue chronique — medical condition
  • Hungarian: krónikus fáradtság szindróma — medical condition
  • Italian: sindrome da fatica cronica — medical condition
  • Japanese: 慢性疲労症候群 (mansei-hirō shōkō-gun) — medical condition
  • Polish: zespół chronicznego zmęczenia — medical condition
  • Portuguese: síndrome da fadiga crônica — medical condition
  • Russian: синдром хронической усталости (sindrom xroničeskoj ustalosti) — medical condition
  • Russian: миалгический энцефаломиелит (mialgičeskij encefalomijelit) — medical condition
  • Spanish: síndrome de fatiga crónica — medical condition
  • Spanish: encefalopatía miálgica/síndrome de fatiga crónica — medical condition
  • Spanish: encefalomielitis miálgica — medical condition
  • Turkish: kronik yorgunluk sendromu — medical condition
  • Ukrainian: синдром хронічної втоми (syndrom xroničnoji vtomy) — medical condition