myopathicadj.
/mʌɪə(ʊ)ˈpaθɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪoʊˈpæθɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to myopathy; of the nature of or characteristic of myopathy; causing myopathy; affected by myopathy.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Myopathicus,..of or belonging to Myopathia: myopathic.
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 770 A myopathic paralysis.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 85 All rheumatoid atrophy represents a neuropathic or myopathic disturbance of nutrition.
1955 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 41 1079 The present communication describes a myopathic mutation in mice.
1967 Brain 90 823 The right gastrocnemius and the tongue showed marked myopathic changes and several other muscles had focal pathological changes.
1991 C. R. Jorgenson in R. W. Emery & K. V. Arom Aortic Valve 13/1 Cardiac failure due to disorders intrinsic to the myocardium (for example, ischemic and myopathic heart disease).
2001 Orbit 20 267 The most frequent sequela was diplopia, which tended to occur in more severely myopathic eyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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