How to Use encephalomyelitis in a Sentence

encephalomyelitis

noun
  • This is the defining symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 2020-08-19
  • Like myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome, post-Covid syndrome is a disease that baffles most doctors.
    — Shayna Skarf, STAT, 2021-01-28
  • Crawford has myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 2021-08-12
  • There's a condition call myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — CBS News, 2022-06-05
  • Another suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2022-04-12
  • Binchet, a resident of Napa County, has a rare, disabling illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Bernard J. Wolfson, latimes.com, 2019-07-05
  • 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, 2020-10-29
  • But when his son Whitney Dafoe, then in his 20s, came down with myalgic encephalomyelitis -- better known as chronic fatigue syndrome -- he was left bedbound, unable to speak, and unable to eat solid food.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 2021-03-12
  • 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, 2022-02-16
  • 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, 2022-01-24
  • She was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, after collapsing on a London Underground platform in 1992.
    — New York Times, 2021-11-16
  • Chowdhury said the same thing happened in the 1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak of encephalomyelitis – an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord that is believed to originate from a viral infection.
    — Lucia Osborne-Crowley, refinery29.com, 2021-08-15
  • Jennifer Brea self-directed a documentary, now streaming on the service, from hers, offering up a stunning glimpse of life with myalgic encephalomyelitis, the mysterious illness better known as ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome.
    — Vogue, 2018-01-17
  • Santa Cruz County resident Michelle Marlow uses hydroxychloroquine to treat a chronic fatigue condition called myalgic encephalomyelitis.
    — J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 2020-04-17

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