MYASTHENIC SYNDROME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions

Synonyms:

carcinomatous myopathy; Eaton-Lambert syndrome; Lambert-Eaton syndrome; myasthenic syndrome

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("myasthenic syndrome" is a kind of...):

disease of the neuromuscular junction (a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions)

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