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EATON-LAMBERT SYNDROME

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eaton-Lambert syndrome mean?

• EATON-LAMBERT SYNDROME (noun)
The noun EATON-LAMBERT SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: EATON-LAMBERT SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

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• EATON-LAMBERT SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

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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

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Eaton-Lambert syndrome" is a kind of...):

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

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