zaspopathy

Meaning

Noun

An autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy

Origin

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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