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nodopathy

nodopathy noun: any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.

Noun

nodopathy (plural nodopathies)

  1. Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
    • Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), the axonal motor variant of GBS, is the prototypic nodopathy; antibodies against GM1 ganglioside—an axolemmal nodal antigen—lead to disruption of sodium channels.2020, Michal Vytopil, Ted M. Burns, Michelle Mauermann, Jayashri Srinivasan, “Acquired Polyneuropathies”, in Jayashri Srinivasan, Claudia J. Chaves, Brian J. Scott, Juan E. Small, editors, Netter's...

Forms of nodopathy

pluralnodopathies

Origin of nodopathy

From node + -o- + -pathy.

Questions about nodopathy

What does nodopathy mean?
Nodopathy means any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
What part of speech is nodopathy?
Nodopathy is a noun.
What is the plural of nodopathy?
The plural of nodopathy is nodopathies.

Words near nodopathy in the dictionary

  1. NODL
  2. nodofascicular
  3. nodome
  4. Nodons
  5. nodopathies
  6. nodopathy
  7. nodosarine
  8. nodosarines
  9. nodosaur
  10. nodosaurian
  11. nodosaurians

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