myasthenic syndrome

Questions about myasthenic syndrome

What is another word for myasthenic syndrome?

It depends which myasthenic syndrome you mean. In the sense “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”, the synonyms are Lambert-Eaton syndrome, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of myasthenic syndrome?

WordNet records no antonym for myasthenic syndrome. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for myasthenic syndrome come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of myasthenic syndrome

• Full entry for myasthenic syndromeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for myasthenic syndromeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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