MYASTHENIA GRAVIS


Meaning of MYASTHENIA GRAVIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈgra-vəs, -ˈgrä- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, literally, grave myasthenia

Date: 1900

: a disease characterized by progressive weakness and exhaustibility of voluntary muscles without atrophy or sensory disturbance and caused by an autoimmune attack on acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.