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A chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck)
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myasthenia
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Word definitions for myasthenia in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"muscular weakness," 1856, medical Latin; see myo- + asthenia .\n
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Myasthenia is a medical term for muscle weakness . The term may also refer to:
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions [syn: myasthenia gravis ] any muscular weakness
Usage examples of myasthenia.
There is a disease known as myasthenia gravis, characterized by muscle weakness, in which there is too-rapid destruction of acetylcholine.
You haven't suddenly acquired an interest in myasthenia gravis, have you?
Chuck wondered briefly if the poor kid had myasthenia gravis, like Waldo in Heinlein's story.
Diseases like myasthenia gravis which involve profound muscle weakness are often related to disturbances in neurotransmitter release, uptake, or clearance.
Epidemic myasthenia, not necessarily acute, but enough to raise hell with our mechanical civilization.