fibrositis

fibrositis
fibrositis [fī΄brō sīt′is]
n.
ModL < fibrosus, FIBROUS + -ITIS
an excessive growth of white fibrous tissue, as of the muscle sheaths, resulting from inflammation; muscular rheumatism

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fi·bro·si·tis (fī'brə-sīʹtĭs) n.
1. Inflammatory hyperplasia of white fibrous connective tissue, especially surrounding the muscles and causing pain and stiffness.
2. See fibromyalgia.
  [New Latin fibrōsus, fibrous (from Latin fibra, fiber) + -itis.]

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