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myalgia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Muscular pain or tenderness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

pain in a muscle or group of muscles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: myodynia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pain, hurting

History

Etymology

From my- (“muscle”) + -algia (“pain”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мускулна болка (muskulna bolka) — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Catalan: miàlgia — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肌痛 (jītòng) — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Czech: myalgie — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Finnish: lihassärky — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Finnish: myalgia — muscular pain or tenderness
  • German: Myalgie — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Greek: μυαλγία (myalgía) — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Irish: miailge — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Italian: mialgia — muscular pain or tenderness
  • Tagalog: sakit-kalamnan — muscular pain or tenderness