eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
nounMedical Definition of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
: eosinophilia with severe myalgia and often arthralgia, rash, peripheral edema, and cough or dyspnea that occurred especially in 1989 and 1990 in individuals who made extensive use of L-tryptophan containing a toxic contaminant
—abbreviation EMS
— called also eosinophilia-myalgia