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amyloid

[ US /ˈæmɪˌɫɔɪd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a non-nitrogenous 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
ADJECTIVE
  1. resembling starch

How To Use amyloid In A Sentence

  • Less common features include clubbing, periostitis, amyloidosis, and granulomatous disease of bone and joint.
  • Amyloidosis and other infiltrative diseases, including sarcoidosis and haemochromatosis, can cause a restrictive syndrome.
  • Amyloid fibril formation depends on a partial unfolding of the native protein.
  • Amyloid was distributed in a perivascular or interstitial location within the endomysium in 7 muscles and in the epimysium in 4 muscles.
  • He is battling a very serious blood disorder called amyloidosis and has vowed to beat it, although it is not a curable condition at present. Just a Round-Up...
  • Only if obstructive symptoms are significant would surgery be indicated, even in cases of systemic amyloidosis.
  • Specifically, the pressure-induced growth of the circular insulin amyloid suggests anisotropic packing within an ambient protofilament.
  • It seems that a fundamental similarity and parallel exists between the aggregation of lipoproteins and amyloid proteins.
  • Bronchiolar diseases and amyloid and malignant lymphoma were seen less frequently.
  • Evidence indicates that soluble forms of amyloid-beta (Abeta) are vasoactive, which may contribute to cerebrovascular dysfunction noted in patients with Alzheimer's Disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. BioMed Central - Latest articles
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