AMYLOID
\ˈamɪlˌɔ͡ɪd], \ˈamɪlˌɔɪd], \ˈa_m_ɪ_l_ˌɔɪ_d]\
Definitions of AMYLOID
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
By Princeton University
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(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Alt. of Amyloidal
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A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
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The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
By Oddity Software
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Alt. of Amyloidal
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A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
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The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
By Noah Webster.
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A general term for a variety of different proteins that accumulate as extracellular fibrils of 7-10 nm and have common structural features, including a beta-pleated sheet conformation and the ability to bind such dyes as Congo red and thioflavine (Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessel, Principles of Neural Science, 3rd ed).
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A glycoprotein occurring as a pathological infiltration in the kidneys, liver, and other organs and as a granular deposit in serous membranes.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
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Starch-like; amylaceous.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Starchlike or containing starch.
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A waxy material found in the animal tissues as a result of diseases such as tuberculosis, syphilis, and prolonged suppuration. Like starch it stains with iodin, but it is a proteid and does not resemble starch in its other properties. It consists of a mixture of chondroitin and sulphuric acid and has the formula C18H27NSO4.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Nearby Words
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