(n) a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions, Syn.myasthenic syndrome, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy
a. [ L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See Lap to drink by licking. ] 1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. “A lambent flame.” Dryden. “A lambent style.” Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. “The lambent purity of the stars.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ So called from Lambert, an English botanist. ] (Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States. [ 1913 Webster ]
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