channelopathy

noun

chan·​ne·​lop·​a·​thy ˌcha-nə-ˈlä-pə-thē How to pronounce channelopathy (audio)
plural channelopathies
: any of various disorders (such as epilepsy, migraine, cystic fibrosis, heart arrhythmia, and myotonia) caused by the malfunction of an ion channel

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First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of channelopathy was in 1993

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channelopathy

noun
chan·​ne·​lop·​a·​thy ˌcha-nə-ˈlä-pə-thē How to pronounce channelopathy (audio)
plural channelopathies
: any of various disorders (such as epilepsy, migraine, cystic fibrosis, heart arrhythmia, and myotonia) caused by the malfunction of an ion channel
Long QT syndrome is a primary cardiac channelopathy with 6 identified chromosomal loci and 5 cardiac ion channel genes implicated.—Michael J. Ackerman, The Journal of the American Medical Association
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