text: Hopefully you will find your answer somewhere here:-\n\nfi·bro·my·al·gi·a    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (fbr-m-lj-, -j)\nn. \nA syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the muscles and soft tissues surrounding joints, fatigue, and tenderness at specific sites in the body. Also called fibromyalgia syndrome, fibromyositis, fibrositis. \n\n[Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition\nCopyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.\nPublished by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. \n\n\nfi·bro·my·al·gi·a (fbr-m-lj-, -j)\nn. \n\nA syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the muscles of soft tissues surrounding joints, fatigue, and tenderness at specific sites in the body. Also called fibromyositis, fibrositis.\n\n\nSource: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary\nCopyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. \n\n\nMain Entry: fi·bro·my·al·gia\nPronunciation: "fI-(")brO-"mI-'al-j(E-)&\nFunction: noun\n: any of a group of nonarticular rheumatic disorders characterized by pain, tenderness, and stiffness of muscles and associated connective tissue structures called also fibromyositis \n\n\nSource: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. \n\n\nfibromyalgia\n\nfibromyalgia: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary\n\n\nSource: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB \n\nfi·bro·my·al·gi·a    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (fbr-m-lj-, -j)\nn. \nA syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the muscles and soft tissues surrounding joints, fatigue, and tenderness at specific sites in the body. Also called fibromyalgia syndrome, fibromyositis, fibrositis. \n\n[Download Now or Buy the Book] \nSource: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition\nCopyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.\nPublished by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. \n\n\nfi·bro·my·al·gi·a (fbr-m-lj-, -j)\nn. \n\nA syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the muscles of soft tissues surrounding joints, fatigue, and tenderness at specific sites in the body. Also called fibromyositis, fibrositis.\n\n\nSource: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary\nCopyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. \n\n\nMain Entry: fi·bro·my·al·gia\nPronunciation: "fI-(")brO-"mI-'al-j(E-)&\nFunction: noun\n: any of a group of nonarticular rheumatic disorders characterized by pain, tenderness, and stiffness of muscles and associated connective tissue structures called also fibromyositis \n\n\nSource: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. \n\n\nfibromyalgia\n\nfibromyalgia: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary\n\n\nSource: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB\n\nFibromyalgia\nFibromyalgia is a debilitating chronic syndrome (constellation of signs and symptoms) characterized by diffuse pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms. It is not contagious, and recent studies suggest that people with fibromyalgia may be genetically predisposedhttp://fmaware.org/fminfo/brochure.htm. It affects more women than men, with a ratio globally of 3-5:1. Fibromyalgia is seen in 3-10% of the general population, and is mostly found between the ages 20 and 50. The nature of fibromyalgia is not well understood, and there is no cure, though it can be managed.\nHistory\nFibromyalgia has been studied since the early 1800s and referred to by a variety of former names, including muscular rheumatism, neurasthenia and fibrositis. The term fibromyalgia was coined in 1976 to more accurately describe the symptoms, from the Greek my-, meaning muscle, and algia, meaning pain. \nFibromyalgia was once considered an autoimmune disorder, but laboratory results reveal no disturbanc