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zaspopathy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
za-spopa-thy
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

zaspopathies (plural)

Questions

What does zaspopathy mean?
An autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy.
Where does zaspopathy come from?
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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