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proteopathy

proteopathy noun: any disease caused by a misfolded (or otherwise abnormal) protein.

Noun

proteopathy (plural proteopathies)

  1. Any disease caused by a misfolded (or otherwise abnormal) protein

Forms of proteopathy

pluralproteopathies

Origin of proteopathy

From proteo- + -pathy.

Questions about proteopathy

What does proteopathy mean?
Proteopathy means any disease caused by a misfolded (or otherwise abnormal) protein.
What part of speech is proteopathy?
Proteopathy is a noun.
What is the plural of proteopathy?
The plural of proteopathy is proteopathies.

Words near proteopathy in the dictionary

  1. proteon
  2. proteonomics
  3. proteons
  4. proteopathic
  5. proteopathies
  6. proteopathy
  7. proteophoresis
  8. proteophosphoglycan
  9. proteophosphoglycans
  10. proteoplast
  11. proteoplasts

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