CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

Meaning of CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME in English

Chronic fatigue syndrome is an illness that is thought to be caused by a virus, and which affects people for a long period of time. Its symptoms include tiredness and aching muscles. The abbreviation CFS is often used.

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CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — noun Date: 1947 a disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by persistent profound fatigue usually accompanied by other symptoms …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — noun : a disorder of uncertain cause that is characterized by persistent profound fatigue usually accompanied by impairment of short-term …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — a viral disease of the immune system, usu. characterized by debilitating fatigue and flu-like symptoms. [ 1988 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — (Pathology) syndrome characterized by various symptoms (exhaustion, fever, cognitive disorders and insomnia)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — Date: 1947 : a disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by persistent profound fatigue usually accompanied by other symptoms …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — Function: noun Date: 1947 : a disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by persistent profound fatigue usually accompanied by …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — ■ noun a medical condition of unknown cause, with fever, aching, and prolonged tiredness and depression.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — (CFS) also called postviral fatigue syndrome, or low natural killer cell syndrome, disorder characterized by at least six months of …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — noun [ U ] = ME
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — ˌchronic faˈtigue ˌsyndrome BrE AmE noun [uncountable] an illness that makes you feel very tired and weak and can last …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — Chronic fatigue syndrome is an illness that is thought to be caused by a virus, and which affects people for …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In fact, very little about chronic fatigue syndrome has achieved medical consensus, not even the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — Sudden debilitating fatigue of unknown cause. It may follow a nonspecific illness with mild fever, tender lymph nodes, sore throat, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — сущ. ; преим. амер. синдром хронической усталости Syn: post-viral fatigue syndrome , ME III, yuppie flu
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — сущ.; преим. амер. синдром хронической усталости Syn: post-viral fatigue syndrome, ME III, yuppie flu
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME — синдром хронической усталости
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
CHRONIC — adj [Med.] chronic
Interlingua English vocab
SYNDROME — noun see: dromedary Date: 1541 a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYNDROME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing …
Английский словарь Британика
FATIGUE — I. fəˈtēg, chiefly dial -tig noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle French, from fatiguer, v. 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHRONIC — I. ˈkränik, -nēk adjective Etymology: French chronique, from Latin chronicus, from Greek chronikos of time, from chronos time + -ikos …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — ˈsinˌdrōm sometimes -_drəm or -drə(ˌ)mē or -drəmi noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē act of running …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — (n.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — (n.) Concurrence.
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — ( n. ) Concurrence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNDROME — — syndromic /sin drom"ik/ , adj. /sin"drohm, -dreuhm/ , n. 1. Pathol. , Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FATIGUE — — fatigueless , adj. — fatiguingly , adv. /feuh teeg"/ , n., adj., v., fatigued, fatiguing . n. 1. weariness …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRONIC — — chronically , adv. — chronicity /kro nis"i tee/ , n. /kron"ik/ , adj. 1. constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FATIGUE — I. fə-ˈtēg noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from fatiguer to fatigue, from Latin fatigare; akin to Latin af fatim …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNDROME — -drəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē combination, syndrome, from syn- + dramein to run — more at dromedary …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHRONIC — adjective Etymology: French chronique, from Greek chronikos of time, from chronos Date: 1601 1. a. : marked by long duration …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun concurrence. 2. syndrome ·noun a group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, …
Webster English vocab
FATIGUE — noun the cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. 2. fatigue ·noun the weakening of a metal …
Webster English vocab
CHRONIC — adj relating to time; according to time. 2. chronic ·adj continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — [syn.drome] n [NL, fr. Gk syndrome combination, syndrome, fr. syn- + dramein to run--more at dromedary] (1541) 1: a group …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FATIGUE — [fa.tigue] n [F, fr. MF, fr. fatiguer to fatigue, fr. L fatigare; akin to L affatim sufficiently] (1669) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHRONIC — [chron.ic] adj [F chronique, fr. Gk chronikos of time, fr. chronos] (1601) 1 a: marked by long duration or frequent …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FATIGUE — in engineering, manifestation of progressive fracture in a solid under cyclic loading as in the case of a metal strip …
Britannica English vocabulary
SYNDROME — syndrome BrE AmE ˈsɪn drəʊm -drəm AmE \ -droʊm —Formerly also -drə ʊ m i ▷ syndrome|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHRONIC — chronic BrE AmE ˈkrɒn ɪk AmE \ ˈkrɑːn ɪk ▷ chronic|ally ə l‿i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYNDROME — / ˈsɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun 1. a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATIGUE — / fəˈtiːg; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] a feeling of being extremely tired, usually because of hard work …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHRONIC — / ˈkrɒnɪk; NAmE ˈkrɑːn-/ adjective 1. ( especially of a disease ) lasting for a long time; difficult to cure …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — syn ‧ drome /ˈsɪndrəʊm $ -droʊm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FATIGUE — fa ‧ tigue /fəˈtiːɡ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin fatigare 'to make tired' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHRONIC — chron ‧ ic /ˈkrɒnɪk $ ˈkrɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: chronique , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FATIGUE — n. & v. --n. 1 extreme tiredness after exertion. 2 weakness in materials, esp. metal, caused by repeated variations of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHRONIC — adj. 1 persisting for a long time (usu. of an illness or a personal or social problem). 2 having a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FATIGUE — n. & v. n. 1 extreme tiredness after exertion. 2 weakness in materials, esp. metal, caused by repeated variations of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHRONIC — adj. 1 persisting for a long time (usu. of an illness or a personal or social problem). 2 having a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FATIGUE — n. & v. --n. 1. extreme tiredness after exertion. 2 weakness in materials, esp. metal, caused by repeated variations of …
Oxford English vocab
CHRONIC — adj.1 persisting for a long time (usu. of an illness or a personal or social problem). 2 having a chronic …
Oxford English vocab
SYNDROME — ( syndromes) 1. A syndrome is a medical condition that is characterized by a particular group of signs and symptoms. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATIGUE — ( fatigues) 1. Fatigue is a feeling of extreme physical or mental tiredness. She continued to have severe stomach cramps, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHRONIC — 1. A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute . ...chronic back pain. ADJ : …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATIGUE — (~s) 1. Fatigue is a feeling of extreme physical or mental tiredness. She continued to have severe stomach cramps, aches, …
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SYNDROME — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Asperger's syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Down's syndrome economy class syndrome irritable bowel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FATIGUE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES battle fatigue chronic fatigue syndrome combat fatigue ▪ These treatment methods enabled 80 percent of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHRONIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chronic condition (= continuing for a long time and not possible to cure ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYNDROME — [noun] [C] - a combination of medical problems that commonly go together, which might show the existence of a particular …
Cambridge English vocab
FATIGUE — [noun] [U] [formal] - extreme tiredness, or (specialized) weakness in something such as a metal part or structure, often caused …
Cambridge English vocab
CHRONIC — [adjective] - (esp. of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long timechronic diseases/conditionschronic arthritis/paina chronic effect/alcoholica chronic invalidThere …
Cambridge English vocab
SYNDROME — n. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing syndrome Down …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SYNDROME — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute ▪ clinical ▪ Asperger's , chronic fatigue , etc. VERB + SYNDROME ▪ have , suffer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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