Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proteopathy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-teopa-thy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any disease caused by a misfolded (or otherwise abnormal) protein

Etymology

From proteo- + -pathy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proteo
Suffix: pathy

Inflected Forms

proteopathies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

proteopathic

Questions

What does proteopathy mean?: Any disease caused by a misfolded (or otherwise abnormal) protein
Where does proteopathy come from?: From proteo- + -pathy.

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