gravis

We do need to be a little cautious about the term gravis, to which translators react differently; see Severy 2003, 149.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

In the podatus the gravis is a short horizontal stroke, the acutus a straight virga joining almost at a right angle; see third syllable of Gratia, third of salutifere, third of dogmata, etc.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

On the day of his death, tests showed that Static had myasthenia gravis, which is a rare autoimmune disease.

Kentucky Injury Law Blog Steve Frederick 2009

Neurologists, discovering that in a whole host of diseases—MS, myasthenia gravis, myositis, Guillain-Barré syndrome—the body was destroying parts of its neuromuscular system, became designated specialists in those diseases.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

Although she is carefully monitored, there is little the medical establishment can offer Kathleen for her lupus and myasthenia gravis other than steroids, a healthy diet, and boatloads of rest—especially since no new U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved drugs have been developed for lupus in more than forty years.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

Neurologists, discovering that in a whole host of diseases—MS, myasthenia gravis, myositis, Guillain-Barré syndrome—the body was destroying parts of its neuromuscular system, became designated specialists in those diseases.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

Although she is carefully monitored, there is little the medical establishment can offer Kathleen for her lupus and myasthenia gravis other than steroids, a healthy diet, and boatloads of rest—especially since no new U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved drugs have been developed for lupus in more than forty years.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

A pet-owner whose dog had myasthenia gravis put up $150,000.

Desperate for a Treatment, One Physician Heals Himself 2010

The reason for this desperate measure: Dr. Huberty suffers from myasthenia gravis, a rare neurological condition.

Desperate for a Treatment, One Physician Heals Himself 2010

His nanomole-per-liter antibody count, a traditional measure of myasthenia gravis, fell to near normal levels, according to independent hospital records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Desperate for a Treatment, One Physician Heals Himself 2010