Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chronic fatigue syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: chron-ic -fa-tigue syn-drome
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

chronic fatigue syndromes (plural)

Derived Forms

CFS ME/CFS

Phrases

myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome

Synonyms

CFS myalgic encephalomyelitis neuromyasthenia post-viral fatigue syndrome systemic exertion intolerance disease yuppie flu

Questions

What does chronic fatigue syndrome mean?: 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.

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