- m. angiosclerotica SYN: intermittent claudication.
- m. gravis a disorder of neuromuscular transmission marked by fluctuating weakness and fatigue of certain voluntary muscles, including those innervated by brainstem motor nuclei; caused by a marked reduction in the number of acetylcholine receptors in the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction, resulting from an autoimmune mechanism. SYN: Goldflam disease.
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my·as·then·ic -'then-ik adj
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my·as·the·nia (mi″əs-theґne-ə) [my- + asthenia] muscular weakness; any constitutional anomaly of muscle. myasthenic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.