Definition of MYOPATHY. Meaning of MYOPATHY. Synonyms of MYOPATHY

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Definition of MYOPATHY

Myopathy
Myopathy My*op"a*thy, n. Same as Myopathia.

Meaning of MYOPATHY from wikipedia

- In medicine, myopathy is a disease of the muscle in which the muscle fibers do not function properly. Myopathy means muscle disease (Gr**** : myo- muscle...
- Mitochondrial myopathies are types of myopathies ****ociated with mitochondrial disease. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the chemical used to provide energy...
- Inflammatory myopathy, also known as idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), is disease featuring muscle weakness, inflammation of muscles (myositis),...
- Nemaline myopathy (also called rod myopathy or nemaline rod myopathy) is a congenital, often hereditary neuromuscular disorder with many symptoms that...
- Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are a group of congenital myopathies where cell nuclei are abnormally located in the center of muscle cells instead of...
- Metabolic myopathies are myopathies that result from defects in biochemical metabolism that primarily affect muscle. They are generally genetic defects...
- autoimmune disease. Benign acute childhood myositis Inflammatory myopathies Myopathy (muscle disease) Myalgia (muscle pain) Masticatory muscle myositis...
- Bethlem myopathy is predominantly an autosomal dominant myopathy, classified as a congenital form of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. There are two types...
- Congenital myopathy is a very broad term for any muscle disorder present at birth. This defect primarily affects skeletal muscle fibres and causes muscular...
- diseases, called hereditary inclusion body myopathies (hIBM). The "M" in hIBM is an abbreviation for "myopathy" while the "M" in IBM is for "myositis"....