myasthenia
English
Etymology
my- (“relating to muscle”) + asthenia (“weakness”), from Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia, “weakness”)
Noun
myasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural myasthenias)
- (medicine) Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis.
Derived terms
- amyosthenia
- myasthenic
- neuromyasthenia