myasthenia gravis vs autoimmune disease

myasthenia gravis and autoimmune disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
myasthenia gravis	Yes	No	No	No
autoimmune disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, autoimmune disease is a hypernym of myasthenia gravis; that is, autoimmune disease is a word with a broader meaning than myasthenia gravis:

myasthenia gravis: a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions
autoimmune disease: any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues

Other hypernyms of myasthenia gravis include disease of the neuromuscular junction, autoimmune disorder.

myasthenia gravis (noun)	autoimmune disease (noun)
a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions	any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues

myasthenia gravis vs autoimmune disease

myasthenia gravis and autoimmune disease both are nouns.

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