myasthenian.
/ˌmʌɪəsˈθiːnɪə/, U.S. /ˌmaɪəsˈθiniə/ Medicine.
Muscular weakness; any of various disorders characterized by this; spec. = myasthenia gravis n.
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1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 65/1 Myasthenia, muscular debility.
1900 Brain 23 278 Other names which have been employed are ‘general profound myasthenia’, ‘Erb's disease’, [etc.].
1935 Times 9 Mar. 9/4 Later, using a drug known as prostigmin, she obtained much better results in the treatment of a severe case of myasthenia.
1973 Reader's Digest Feb. 166/2 According to a British neurologist who has made a special study of myasthenia, there is only a limited number of doctors who are familiar with the disease.
1999 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 106 97 Congenital myasthenias are genetic disorders, a subset of which are caused by mutations of the acetylcholine receptor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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