Definition of fibrositis in English:
fibrositis
noun ˌfʌɪbrəˈsʌɪtɪsˌfaɪbrəˈsaɪdəs
mass nounMedicine Inflammation of fibrous connective tissue, typically affecting the back and causing stiffness and pain.
Example sentencesExamples
- Previously, the condition was known by other names such as fibrositis, chronic muscle pain syndrome, psychogenic rheumatism and tension myalgias.
- FMS used to be called fibrositis, implying there was inflammation in the muscles, but research later proved that this inflammation did not exist.
- Its anti-inflammatory qualities can help with neuralgia, sciatica and fibrositis, and externally its soothing and anti-bacterial properties will aid in the healing of burns, wounds and infections.
- More recently it was called fibrositis a misnomer, because the suffix ‘itis’ suggests inflammation.
Derivatives
adjectiveˌfʌɪbrəˈsɪtɪk
Medicine Fibrositic symptoms were also common in 136 patients with a variety of rheumatic diseases but not in the 58 normal individuals studied.
Example sentencesExamples
- Logistic regression analysis showed clinically and statistically significant improvements in pain threshold scores, which were measured directly over fibrositic tender points, in patients undergoing cardiovascular fitness training.
Definition of fibrositis in US English:
fibrositis
nounˌfaɪbrəˈsaɪdəsˌfībrəˈsīdəs
Medicine Inflammation of fibrous connective tissue, typically affecting the back and causing stiffness and pain.
Example sentencesExamples
- Previously, the condition was known by other names such as fibrositis, chronic muscle pain syndrome, psychogenic rheumatism and tension myalgias.
- More recently it was called fibrositis a misnomer, because the suffix ‘itis’ suggests inflammation.
- Its anti-inflammatory qualities can help with neuralgia, sciatica and fibrositis, and externally its soothing and anti-bacterial properties will aid in the healing of burns, wounds and infections.
- FMS used to be called fibrositis, implying there was inflammation in the muscles, but research later proved that this inflammation did not exist.