Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome Function:
noun : eosinophilia with severe myalgia and often arthralgia, rash, peripheral edema, and cough or dyspnea thatoccurred especially in 1989 and 1990 in individuals who made extensive use of L-tryptophan containing a toxic contaminant —abbreviation
EMS;called also
eosinophilia-myalgia
