MYOPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myopathy mean? 

• MYOPATHY (noun)
  The noun MYOPATHY has 1 sense:

1. any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction

  Familiarity information: MYOPATHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("myopathy" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Derivation:

myopathic (of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction)

 Context examples 

Representative disorders causing ophthalmoplegia include ocular myopathies and multiple sclerosis.

(Ophthalmoplegia, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be manifested as an isolated myopathy or a systemic disorder.

(Cytochrome-C Oxidase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Muscle toxicity (myopathy and rhabdomyolysis) precludes the clinical use of this agent.

(Cerivastatin, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with both myopathy myofibrillar type 6 and cardiomyopathy dilated type 1HH.

(BAG3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes.

(MELAS Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare mitochondrial myopathy characterized by a progressive limitation of eye movements, leading to immobility and eye drop.

(Kearns-Sayre Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with centronuclear myopathy type 1 and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease types dominant intermediate B and 2M axonal.

(DNM2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with myopathy myofibrillar desmin-related, cardiomyopathy dilated type 1I and neurogenic scapuloperoneal syndrome Kaeser type.

(DES wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include muscular dystrophy, metabolic myopathies, muscular atrophies, and dermatomyositis.

(Myopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers want to determine whether the results of their research could become a therapeutic target for rare muscle diseases such as myopathies and muscular dystrophies.

(Researchers Discovered Proteins Essential to Development of Skeletal Muscle, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)