myopathynoun [ U or C ]
/maɪˈɒp.ə.θi//maɪˈɑː.pə.θi/specializeda disease of the muscles:
The patient is suffering from cardiac myopathy.
More examples
- The tests are useful in diagnosing myopathy.
- The drug may cause myopathy if used in high doses.
- Alcoholic myopathy can occur after a bout of heavy drinking.
- They studied patients with muscular dystrophies and other myopathies.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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