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amyloid |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amyloid \Am"y*loid\, Amyloidal \Am`y*loid"al\, a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. {Amyloid degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also {waxy or lardaceous degeneration}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amyloid \Am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[y^]*loid), n. 1. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance. 2. (Med.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amyloid adj : resembling starch [syn: {starchlike}, {amylaceous}, {amyloidal}] n 1: a nonnitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch 2: (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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