Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nodopathy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nodopa-thy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.

Example Sentences

"Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), the axonal motor variant of GBS, is the prototypic nodopathy; antibodies against GM1 ganglioside—an axolemmal nodal antigen—lead to disruption of sodium channels."

Etymology

From node + -o- + -pathy.

Inflected Forms

nodopathies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

paranodopathy

Questions

What does nodopathy mean?: Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
Where does nodopathy come from?: From node + -o- + -pathy.

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