widespread pain
noun phraseUK /ˈwaɪd.spred peɪn/
US /ˈwaɪd.spred peɪn/
Pain that is felt in many parts of your body at the same time.
The doctor asked if she had widespread pain or just a sore knee.
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2. A medical symptom in which discomfort spreads across several regions of the body rather than staying in one spot.
Widespread pain lasting more than three months can be a sign of fibromyalgia.
3. Figuratively, trouble or suffering that affects many people or places at once.
The economic downturn brought widespread pain to small businesses across the country.
4. In pain research, pain reported in multiple body areas on a body map, often used to measure how far it has spread.
Participants marked their widespread pain on a diagram of the human body.