zaspopathy

Z10A1S1P3O1P3A1T1H4Y4

noun

An autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

nounzaspopathy (countable and uncountable, plural zaspopathies)

plural zaspopathies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy.

Origin

ZASP, the gene which mutates to cause the condition (short for Z-band alternatively spliced PDZ-motif, the name of the protein encoded by the gene) + -o- + -pathy.

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