myasthenia gravisnoun [ U ]
uk/maɪ.əsˌθiː.ni.ə ˈɡrɑː.vɪs/us/ˌmaɪ.əsˈθiː.ni.ə ˈɡræv.ɪs/specializeda chronic disease causing weakness of the muscles of the face, arms, and legs that leads to the eyelids falling down and an unsteady way of walking
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myelin damage
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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