1981, said to have been coined by U.S. rheumatologist Mohammed Yunus, from Latin fibra "a fiber, filament" (see fiber) + Greek mys (genitive myos) "muscle" (see muscle (n.)) + -algia "pain." The earlier name for the condition was fibrositis.
fibrillate
fibrillation
fibrin
fibro-cartilage
fibroid
fibromyalgia
fibrosis
fibrous
fibula
-fic
-fication