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amylic | amylobacter | amylogen | amylogenesis | amylogenic | amyloid | amyloid plaque | amyloid protein plaque | amyloidal | amyloidosis | amylolysis

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amyloid

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Adjective, Noun

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am=y=loid

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun amyloid has 2 senses

amyloid(n = noun.substance) Array - a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch; Array

Derived forms adjective amyloid₁, adjective amyloidal₁

amyloid(n = noun.substance) Array - (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue; Array

Derived form adjective amyloidal₁

Adjective amyloid has 1 sense

amyloid(s = adj.all) amylaceous, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike - resembling starch; Array

Derived form noun amyloid₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

amyloid, a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.].

Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. [1913 Webster]

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 degeneration or lardaceous degeneration.

amyloid, n.

A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance. [1913 Webster]
The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration. [1913 Webster]

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