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Noun: Eaton-Lambert syndrome
  1. 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
    - Lambert-Eaton syndrome, myasthenic syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy

Type of: disease of the neuromuscular junction

Encyclopedia: Eaton-Lambert syndrome