Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun myasthenia_gravis

1 sense of myasthenia gravis

Sense 1
myasthenia gravis, myasthenia -- (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)
       => disease of the neuromuscular junction -- (a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions)
       => autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder -- (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)