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myasthenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
myas-thenic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.

noun

A person who has myasthenia.

Etymology

From myasthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, my- (“muscle”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more myasthenic (comparative) most myasthenic (superlative) myasthenics (plural)

Derived Forms

antimyasthenic nonmyasthenic

Phrases

Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome

Questions

What does myasthenic mean?
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
Where does myasthenic come from?
From myasthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, my- (“muscle”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).

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