Etymology

myasthenic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia. Full definition →

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The story

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

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