thyrotoxic myopathy

myopathy /my·op·a·thy/ (mi-op´ah-the) any disease of muscle.myopath´ic

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centronuclear myopathy  myotubular m.

mitochondrial myopathy  any of a group of myopathies associated with an increased number of large, often abnormal, mitochondria in muscle fibers and manifested by exercise intolerance, weakness, lactic acidosis, infantile quadriparesis, ophthalmoplegia, and cardiac abnormalities.

myotubular myopathy  an often fatal X-linked myopathy marked by myofibers resembling the myotubules of early fetal muscle.

nemaline myopathy  a congenital abnormality of myofibrils in which small threadlike fibers are scattered through the muscle fibers; marked by hypotonia and proximal muscle weakness.

ocular myopathy  progressive external ophthalmoplegia.

thyrotoxic myopathy  weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles, especially of the pelvic and shoulder girdles, accompanying hyperthyroidism.

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thyrotoxic myopathy

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a condition in thyrotoxicosis consisting of severe weakness in the limb and trunk muscles, including those used in speech and swallowing.