chronic fatigue syndromenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkrɒn.ɪk fəˈtiːɡ ˌsɪn.drəʊm/us/ˌkrɑː.nɪk fəˈtiːɡ ˌsɪn.droʊm/UK also ME, abbreviation CFSan illness, sometimes lasting for several years, in which a person's muscles and joints (= places where two bones are connected) hurt and they are generally very tired
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- cramp
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- spasm
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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