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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...

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Poem--Thymus

Rhanson
Rhanson
There is a poem in the New Yorker -- Thymus-- our favorite organ.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/thymus
Cj416
Cj416
Who knew someone could write a poem about the thymus gland , wow for lack of a better word , thanks for posting.

Cj
Joe-Fodor
Joe-Fodor
Loved it! Who here doesn't relate to these words:

"Gulch of affection the gully of fumigation. Sweet-throated the courage gorge. The sweetly bred sublingual cultivar."

Next time, aspiring poets may note these handy words that rhyme with thymus

fineness
pinus
spinous
vinous
dryness
highness
minus
linus
shyness
sinus
slyness
wryness
St. Thomas Aquinas
Don Imus

~Joe