chronic fatigue syndrome

chronic fatigue syndrome
noun Date: 1947 a disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by persistent profound fatigue usually accompanied by other symptoms (as headache and tender lymph nodes) unrelated to any preexisting medical conditionabbreviation CFS

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