chaperonopathy

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noun

Any disease associated with a faulty chaperone (protein).

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Meanings

nounchaperonopathy (plural chaperonopathies)

plural chaperonopathies

  1. medicineAny disease associated with a faulty chaperone (protein).

    There are many chaperonopathies already classified as such but here we will deal only with those affecting Hsp70 family members, briefly, and specifically in more detail with those pertaining to one of the members of this family, HSPA9B or mortalin.

    2012, Sunil C. Kaul, Mortalin Biology: Life, Stress and Death, page 210

Origin

From chaperone + -pathy.

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chaperonopathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaperonopathy

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Chicago

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