MYASTHENIC SYNDROME
Dictionary entry overview: What does myasthenic syndrome mean? • MYASTHENIC SYNDROME (noun)
The noun MYASTHENIC 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: MYASTHENIC SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MYASTHENIC SYNDROME (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
carcinomatous myopathy; Eaton-Lambert syndrome; Lambert-Eaton syndrome; myasthenic syndrome
Hypernyms ("myasthenic syndrome" is a kind of...):
disease of the neuromuscular junction (a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions)
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