EMS
abbreviation
emergency medical service.
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EMS
Americanabbreviation
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emergency medical service.
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Digital Technology. enhanced message service: a system for sending long or formatted text messages, images, music, etc., from one cell phone to another.
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express mail service: an international service offered by the postal operators of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
EMS
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British
abbreviation
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European Monetary System
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enhanced messaging service: a system used for sending text messages containing special text formatting, animations, etc, to and from mobile phones
Ems
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British
/ ɛmz /
noun
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a town in W Germany, in the Rhineland-Palatinate: famous for the Ems Telegram (1870), Bismarck's dispatch that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Pop: 9666 (2003 est)
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a river in W Germany, rising in the Teutoburger Wald and flowing generally north to the North Sea. Length: about 370 km (230 miles)
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Electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, is gaining popularity in the U.S. as a potential way to boost workouts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
German researcher Wolfgang Kemmler, who has studied the benefits of whole-body EMS since the early 2010s, calls it an option for people who are “unfamiliar with, unmotivated for, or unable to undertake” conventional workouts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
That can lead to rhabdomyolysis, a severe muscle breakdown caused by overexertion that can result in kidney failure, said Francisco J. Amaro Gahete, a leading researcher focused on whole-body EMS.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Many women in particular, aware of the importance of strength training after menopause, are curious if EMS could be their new resistance workout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Outside, kids waiting to board their buses formed an aisle that led to the rear of the EMS unit.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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