Any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Myopathy \My*op"a*thy\, n. Same as Myopathia .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Myopathy is a muscular disease in which the muscle fibers do not function for any one of many reasons, resulting in muscular weakness . "Myopathy" simply means muscle disease (myo- Greek μυο "muscle" + pathos -pathy Greek "suffering"). This meaning implies ...