HyperDic: disease_of_the_neuromuscular_junction

English > 1 sense of the expression disease of the neuromuscular junction:
NOUNstatedisease of the neuromuscular junctiona disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions
English > disease of the neuromuscular junction: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions.
NarrowerLambert-Eaton syndrome, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, myasthenic syndrome, carcinomatous myopathyA disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back
myasthenia gravis, myastheniaA chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck)
BroaderdiseaseAn impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

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