myasthenicadj.n.
/ˌmʌɪəsˈθɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪəsˈθɛnɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or suffering from myasthenia, spec. myasthenia gravis.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Myasthenicus, of or belonging to Myasthenia: myasthenic.
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 May 1323 The girl's distressing nervous sensitiveness made impossible..an attempt to obtain the myasthenic reaction.
1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 282/1 There is an overlap of normal and myasthenic half-fatigue times.
1989 Jrnl. Autoimmunity 2 779 Serum samples were collected from Greek myasthenic patients and tested for the presence of antibodies binding to human muscle.
2002 Brain 125 1005 Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs) are frequently caused by mutations of the coding region of the acetylcholine receptor epsilon subunit (AChRε) gene.
B. n.
A person who suffers from myasthenia, spec. myasthenia gravis.
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1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 282/1 This includes eight tracings of myasthenics in complete clinical remission.
1973 Reader's Digest Feb. 166/2 Less than 40 years ago, up to 85 per cent of all myasthenics died within the first few years of the onset of symptoms.
1990 Brain 113 278 Giving magnesium sulphate to a toxaemic myasthenic could precipitate a myasthenic crisis.
2000 Canad. Jrnl. Neurol. Sci. 27 307 A genetic role for the development of autoimmune MG [= myasthenia gravis] is suggested by concordance in autoimmune diseases in family members of myasthenics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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