Find the word definition

Crossword clues for myasthenia

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
myasthenia

"muscular weakness," 1856, medical Latin; see myo- + asthenia.\n

Wiktionary
myasthenia

n. (context medicine English) Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis

WordNet
myasthenia
  1. 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]

  2. any muscular weakness

Wikipedia
Myasthenia

Myasthenia is a medical term for muscle weakness. The term may also refer to:

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.