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重症肌無力

简重症肌无力 · 繁重症肌無力

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng zhèng jī wú lì

myasthenia gravis (medicine)

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重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
症: zhèng · disease, illness, ailment
肌: jī · muscle tissue; meat on bones
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力: lì · power, capability, influence; Kangxi radical 19
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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4–4–1–2–4 · zhong4 zheng4 ji1 wu2 li4

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noun

(medicine) myasthenia gravis

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