myalgic encephalopathy

/ maɪˈældʒɪk ɛnˌsɛfəlˈbpfɪ /

noun

1. a condition characterized by painful muscles, extreme fatigue, and general debility, sometimes occuring as a sequel to viral illness Also calledchronic fatigue syndrome ME Formerly calledmyalgic encephalomyelitis

Example Sentences

It was filed in 2017 against virologist Ian Lipkin and Columbia by Lipkin’s former collaborator, Mady Hornig, a physician who, like Lipkin, studies the possible role of viruses in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy and other neurologic diseases at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.

From Science Magazine