How to Use myalgic encephalomyelitis in a Sentence

myalgic encephalomyelitis

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  • Lunden fell ill with the same condition, myalgic encephalomyelitis, the following year.
    — Anna Leahy, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • This is the defining symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Like myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome, post-Covid syndrome is a disease that baffles most doctors.
    — Shayna Skarf, STAT, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Alanah Pearce credits video games with helping her through severe effects of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and tendinitis, including dizziness, joint pain, headaches, and nausea.
    — Williesha Morris, Wired, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Murdoch was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis more than two decades ago, before starting Belle and Sebastian.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The connection between the two disorders is still being studied, but some research suggests the pandemic could more than triple the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2022
  • There's a condition call myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — CBS News, 5 June 2022
  • She was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, after collapsing on a London Underground platform in 1992.
    — New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Crawford has myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, this condition causes severe instances of fatigue and exhaustion, especially after physical activity, that cannot otherwise be explained.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 24 Jan. 2022

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