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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Affected with myasthenia.

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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia

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Examples

  • A heart-breaking story about a baby with congenital myasthenic syndrome ...

    ProWomanProLife » Sad news 2010

  • A heart-breaking story about a baby with congenital myasthenic syndrome ...

    ProWomanProLife » Getting rid of Down Syndrome children 2009

  • A heart-breaking story about a baby with congenital myasthenic syndrome ...

    ProWomanProLife » No minefield here, no, not at all 2009

  • A paradigmatic case has recently drawn media headlines in Great Britain: the tragedy of Baby RB, who survived thirteen months with a rare and progressive genetic disorder known as congenital myasthenic syndrome, which left him paralyzed and prevented him from breathing on his own.

    Jacob M. Appel: What's So Wrong with "Death Panels"? 2009

  • A paradigmatic case has recently drawn media headlines in Great Britain: the tragedy of Baby RB, who survived thirteen months with a rare and progressive genetic disorder known as congenital myasthenic syndrome, which left him paralyzed and prevented him from breathing on his own.

    Jacob M. Appel: What's So Wrong with "Death Panels"? 2009

  • He has a disease called congenital myasthenic syndrome, which is also called CMS.

    CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2009 2009

  • Extreme heat could even throw her into a myasthenic crisis.

    Kate Armstrong, Patricia 1995

  • No! No one ever cares how hard it is to be myasthenic!

    Kate Armstrong, Patricia 1995

  • The really tough job is figuring out how I came to be myasthenic in the first place.

    Kate Armstrong, Patricia 1995

  • Unemployed, myasthenic, her savings almost gone, she wished she could be as brave as the characters in her books.

    Kate Armstrong, Patricia 1995

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