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    CARCINOMATOUS MYOPATHY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 junctionsplay

    Synonyms:

    carcinomatous myopathy; Eaton-Lambert syndrome; Lambert-Eaton syndrome; myasthenic syndrome

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("carcinomatous myopathy" is a kind of...):

    disease of the neuromuscular junction (a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions)

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