channelopathy

Questions

What does channelopathy mean?

Any inherited disease caused by a mutation in the genes that code for ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them.

Where does channelopathy come from?

Etymology tree English channel Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English channelopathy From channel + -o- + -pathy.

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