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channelopathy

noun

Etymology

From channel + -o- + -pathy.

  1. derived from canālis — “groove; canal; channel”
  2. derived from chanel
  3. inherited from chanel
  4. formed as channelopathy — “channel + -o- + -pathy”

Definitions

  1. Any inherited disease caused by a mutation in the genes that code for ion channel…

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA