Myopathy
/maɪˈɒpəθi/noun
Any disease or disorder affecting muscle tissue.
Did you know?The Greek root pathos, meaning “suffering” or “experience,” also appears in empathy, sympathy, apathy, and pathetic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mus-
“Mouse; a small creature, and by resemblance, muscle”
Ancient Greek
Greek
μῦς (mys)
“Muscle; originally associated with the shape or movement of a mouse”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πάθος (pathos)
“Suffering, experience, or condition”
19th Century
Medical Greek
myopathia
“Disease or disorder of the muscles”
Late 19th Century
English
myopathy
“A disease of muscle tissue”