Definitions

1. noun

A medication used to treat myasthenia gravis and other conditions involving muscle weakness, by preventing the breakdown of acetylcholine in the nervous system.

“The doctor prescribed prostigmin to alleviate the patient’s muscle fatigue.”

2. verb

To treat or alleviate myasthenia gravis or other conditions with prostigmin.

“The patient was prostigmined after being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis.”