Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polymyalgia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
polymyal-gia
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

pain in several muscles

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English myalgia English polymyalgia From poly- + myalgia.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

polymyalgia rheumatica

Questions

What does polymyalgia mean?
pain in several muscles
Where does polymyalgia come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English myalgia English polymyalgia From poly- + myalgia.

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