Myasthenia

Definition: Myasthenia

Myasthenia

Noun

1. 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.

2. Any muscular weakness.

Specialty Definition: Myasthenia

Domain	Definition
Health	Muscular debility; any constitutional anomaly of muscle. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Myasthenia

Synonym: myasthenia gravis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Myasthenia

English words defined with "myasthenia": neostigmine ♦ Prostigmin. (references)

Specialty definitions using "myasthenia": Edrophonium ♦ HLA-B8 Antigen, HLA-DR3 Antigen ♦ Pyridostigmine Bromide ♦ Thymopoietins. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Myasthenia

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Myasthenia Gravis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Handbook of Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenic Syndromes (reference) Myasthenia Gravis (reference) Myasthenia Gravis (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol, 274) (reference) Myasthenia gravis : biology and treatment (reference) Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenic Syndromes (Contemporary Neurology Series, 56) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Myasthenia

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Myasthenia gravis in juveniles is common. (references)
		Today, myasthenia gravis can be controlled. (references)
		Much has been learned about myasthenia gravis in recent years. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Myasthenia

"Myasthenia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Myasthenia" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	18	82,615

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Myasthenia

Expression using "myasthenia": myasthenia gravis. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Myasthenia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
myasthenia gravis	698	canine gravis myasthenia	3
myasthenia	56	gravis meeting myasthenia	3
myasthenia gravis symptom	18	gravis.com myasthenia	3
ocular myasthenia gravis	14	gravis myasthenia pregnancy	3
gravis myasthenia picture	10	diagnosis gravis myasthenia	2
myasthenia gravis foundation	10	cyclophosphamide gravis myasthenia	2
disease gravis myasthenia	9	gravis musk myasthenia	2
ocular myasthenia	7	against attacking autoimmune battle disease gravis in key myasthenia	2
myasthenia gravis treatment	7	gravas myasthenia	2
myasthenia gravis information	6	gravis myasthenia test	2
myasthenia grave	5	congenital myasthenia	2
dog gravis in myasthenia	4	america foundation gravis myasthenia	2
dog gravis myasthenia	4	myasthenia gravis association	2
gravis group myasthenia support	4
		myasthenia gravis association	2
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Modern Translation: Myasthenia

Language		Translations for "myasthenia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		myasthenia, myasteni, amyosthenia, amyosteni. (various references)

Dutch		myasthenie. (various references)

Finnish		myastenia, lihasheikkous. (various references)

French		myasthénie. (various references)

German		Myasthenie. (various references)

Greek		μυασθένεια. (various references)

Italian		miastenia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		筋無力症 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		き�"むりょくしょう. (various references)

Pig Latin		yastheniamay

Portuguese		miastenia. (various references)

Spanish		miastenia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Myasthenia

Derivations
	Words beginning with "myasthenia": myasthenias. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Myasthenia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: myasthenic, myasthesia, myosthenia. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Myasthenia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-m-n-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: haematins.
	-2 letters: amentias, animates, anthemia, asthenia, haematin, hematins, mainstay, thymines.
	-3 letters: amenity, amentia, amnesia, amnesty, anemias, animate, anthems, anytime, astheny, atheism, entasia, etamins, haemins, hamates, hematin, hetmans, hyaenas, hymenia, hymnist, inmates, shaitan, shantey, sheitan, stamina, sthenia, taenias, tameins, thymine.
	-4 letters: ahimsa, aments, amines, anemia, animas, animes, ansate, anthem, ashman, ashmen, asthma, atmans, enmity, etamin.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-i-m-n-s-t-y"
	+1 letter: myasthenias.
	+3 letters: metaphysician.
	+4 letters: metaphysicians, naphthylamines.
	+5 letters: mechanistically.
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