disease of the neuromuscular junction

Definitions of disease of the neuromuscular junction

1. noun

   a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions
   types:

   myasthenia, myasthenia gravis

   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

   Eaton-Lambert syndrome, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy, myasthenic syndrome

   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

   type of:

   disease

   an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning