"disease of the neuromuscular junction" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions (synset 114094717)
is a type of: disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
subtypes:
- myasthenia, myasthenia gravis - a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions
- carcinomatous myopathy, eaton-lambert syndrome, lambert-eaton syndrome, myasthenic syndrome - a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions