| carcinomatous myopathy 
 
 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
 • Syn:
 Lambert-Eaton syndrome, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, myasthenic syndrome
 • Hypernyms:
 disease of the neuromuscular junction
 
 
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