English Explanatory Dictionary

zaspopathy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy.

Word forms

zaspopathy zaspopathies

Etymology

ZASP, the gene which mutates to cause the condition (short for Z-band alternatively spliced PDZ-motif, the name of the protein encoded by the gene) + -o- + -pathy.

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