myasthenia
Americannoun
noun
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any muscular weakness
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short for myasthenia gravis
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Nine-time Grand Slam champion Monica Seles has revealed she was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis - a neuromuscular autoimmune disease - three years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
His longtime partner, Keely Stahl, said the cause was myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that weakens the skeletal muscles.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
In patients with the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis, muscle cell receptors that induce contraction in response to acetylcholine are targeted by antibodies.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The cause was Parkinson’s disease and myasthenia gravis, said a daughter, Daniella Yitzchak.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
Esophageal paralysis is not uncommon in myasthenia gravis.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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