melagra
- noun
- Specialized
- Early symptoms of the disease included episodes of melagra in both arms and legs.
Examples
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The patient complained of persistent melagra that worsened with physical activity.
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She suffers from melagra in her right arm.
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Tired and weak, she struggled with bouts of melagra during the colder months.
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The doctor diagnosed him with melagra last week.
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The patient complained of persistent melagra that worsened with physical activity.
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Tired and weak, she struggled with bouts of melagra during the colder months.
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Early symptoms of the disease included episodes of melagra in both arms and legs.
Synonyms
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A condition that causes pain and stiffness in the joints and muscles
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7.8
Pain in a muscle or group of muscles
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9.9
Pain in one or more joints
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9.9
Pain and stiffness in the soft white tissue around muscles
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9.9
Pain or illness that affects the joints and muscles, often in older people
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
melagra = mel + agra
Technical medical combining forms (mel- + -agra) are not productive or familiar to average B1 learners, so the meaning cannot be derived from common English base words.
Etymology
A helpful way to remember melagra is to see it as built from Greek parts: mel- from melos meaning 'limb' and -agra meaning 'pain' or 'seizure'. So melagra is pain in the arms or legs, which fits its use for rheumatic or muscular pains.