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channelopathy

channelopathy noun: any inherited disease caused by a mutation in the genes that code for ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them.

Noun

channelopathy (countable and uncountable, plural channelopathies)

  1. Any inherited disease caused by a mutation in the genes that code for ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them.

Forms of channelopathy

pluralchannelopathies

Origin of channelopathy

From channel + -o- + -pathy.

Words formed from channelopathy

Questions about channelopathy

What does channelopathy mean?
Channelopathy means any inherited disease caused by a mutation in the genes that code for ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them.
What part of speech is channelopathy?
Channelopathy is a noun.
What is the plural of channelopathy?
The plural of channelopathy is channelopathies.

Words near channelopathy in the dictionary

  1. channelography
  2. channelome
  3. channelomes
  4. channelopathic
  5. channelopathies
  6. channelopathy
  7. channelopsin
  8. channelopsins
  9. channelrhodopsin
  10. channelrhodopsins
  11. channels

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