Examples of myasthenia in a Sentence
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Patients with myasthenia have muscles that tire out much more quickly than normal.
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New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
Keung wasn’t certain that the patient had myasthenia.
—New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
That doctor argued that although myasthenia often causes weakness in the muscles of the eyes and mouth — not unlike what this woman had — that weakness usually comes and goes.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
His death at the age of 74 came after a long battle with the physically debilitating illness myasthenia gravis and after a public-service career that spanned four decades.
—Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2017
Smith had battled the nerve disease myasthenia gravis for many years.
—Joseph Longo, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2017
Mr. Smith, who had given up performing to manage his wife’s career, had been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that causes extreme weakness.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 5 June 2017
After a year and a half of tests and several brutal eye surgeries, he was given a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disease that interferes with the way nerves and muscles communicate.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 3 July 2017
Trollious Harris, who has spent most of her life a few blocks from the Taylors, suffers from myasthenia gravis, another autoimmune condition, which has caused her muscles to weaken.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017
New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
Keung wasn’t certain that the patient had myasthenia.
—New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
That doctor argued that although myasthenia often causes weakness in the muscles of the eyes and mouth — not unlike what this woman had — that weakness usually comes and goes.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
His death at the age of 74 came after a long battle with the physically debilitating illness myasthenia gravis and after a public-service career that spanned four decades.
—Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2017
Smith had battled the nerve disease myasthenia gravis for many years.
—Joseph Longo, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2017
Mr. Smith, who had given up performing to manage his wife’s career, had been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that causes extreme weakness.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 5 June 2017
After a year and a half of tests and several brutal eye surgeries, he was given a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disease that interferes with the way nerves and muscles communicate.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 3 July 2017
Trollious Harris, who has spent most of her life a few blocks from the Taylors, suffers from myasthenia gravis, another autoimmune condition, which has caused her muscles to weaken.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017
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New Latin
First Known Use
circa 1833, in the meaning defined above
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