chaperonopathy

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English

Etymology

From chaperone +‎ -pathy.

Noun

chaperonopathy (plural chaperonopathies)

  1. (pathology) Any disease associated with a faulty chaperone (protein).
    • 2012, Sunil C. Kaul, Mortalin Biology: Life, Stress and Death, page 210:
      There are many chaperonopathies already classified as such but here we will deal only with those affecting Hsp70 family members, briefly, and specifically in more detail with those pertaining to one of the members of this family, HSPA9B or mortalin.