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Myasthenia gravis   Listen
Myasthenia gravis

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: myasthenia.





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"Myasthenia gravis" Quotes from Famous Books



... or thrombosis of the posterior cerebral artery is a reported cause in two cases. Lues is always to be excluded as the fundamental factor in the groups 3 and 4. Esophageal paralysis is not uncommon in myasthenia gravis. ...
— Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy - A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery • Chevalier Jackson


Words linked to "Myasthenia gravis" :   autoimmune disorder, disease of the neuromuscular junction, autoimmune disease, myasthenia


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