Medical Definition of Nemaline myopathy

1. A congenital myofibrillar abnormality in which small threadlike or rod-shaped bodies are scattered through the muscle fibres. It is marked by hypotonia and proximal muscle weakness. It is also called rod myopathy with reference to the threadlike (greek nema, thread) rods or myofibrils (latin fibrilla, a little fibre or threadlike structure). (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nemaline Myopathy

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
nelson syndrome
Nelson tumour
nelumbium
nelumbiums
nelumbo
Nelumbo
Nelumbonaceae
nelumbos
Nelumbo lutea
Nelumbo nucifera
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nema
nema-
nemaline
nemaline myopathy (current term)
nemalite
nemas
nematelmia
nematelminthes
nemathecium
nemathelminth
Nemathelminthes
nematic
nematicidal
nematicide
nematicides
nematization
nematoblast
nematocalyx

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