myopathy
noun
myopathy is a noun meaning “Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-O-P-A-T-H-Y, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of myopathy is myopathies.
What does myopathy mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of myopathy
- myopathies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is myopathy?
Myopathy appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Myopathy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of several diseases of muscle:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does myopathy come from?
From myo- + -pathy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).