myasthenic syndrome

myasthenic syndrome

noun
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 [syn: Lambert-Eaton syndrome
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