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myasthenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
myas-the-nia
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From my- (“relating to muscle”) + asthenia (“weakness”), from Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia, “weakness”). By surface analysis, my- (“muscle”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

myasthenias (plural)

Derived Forms

amyosthenia myasthenic myasthenialike neuromyasthenia

Phrases

myasthenia gravis

Synonyms

myasthenia gravis

Questions

What does myasthenia mean?
Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis.
Where does myasthenia come from?
From my- (“relating to muscle”) + asthenia (“weakness”), from Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia, “weakness”). By surface analysis, my- (“muscle”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

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