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proteinopathy

proteinopathy noun: any disease (especially a neurodegenerative disease) caused by a malformed protein.

Noun

proteinopathy (countable and uncountable, plural proteinopathies)

  1. Any disease (especially a neurodegenerative disease) caused by a malformed protein.

Forms of proteinopathy

pluralproteinopathies

Origin of proteinopathy

From protein + -o- + -pathy.

Words formed from proteinopathy

Questions about proteinopathy

What does proteinopathy mean?
Proteinopathy means any disease (especially a neurodegenerative disease) caused by a malformed protein.
What part of speech is proteinopathy?
Proteinopathy is a noun.
What is the plural of proteinopathy?
The plural of proteinopathy is proteinopathies.

Words near proteinopathy in the dictionary

  1. proteinolytic
  2. proteinomics
  3. proteinomimetic
  4. proteinomimetics
  5. proteinopathies
  6. proteinopathy
  7. proteinoplast
  8. proteinoplasts
  9. proteinosis
  10. proteinous
  11. proteins

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