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Meaning of nodopathy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.

Examples

“Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), the axonal motor variant of GBS, is the prototypic nodopathy; antibodies against GM1 ganglioside—an axolemmal nodal antigen—lead to disruption of sodium channels.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

nodosarine nodosaur nodosaurian nodosaurid nodosity nodosome