proteinopathy

Questions

What does proteinopathy mean?

Any disease (especially a neurodegenerative disease) caused by a malformed protein.

Where does proteinopathy come from?

Etymology tree English protein Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English proteinopathy From protein + -o- + -pathy.

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