[
US
/ˈæmɪˌɫɔɪd/
]
NOUN
- a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
- (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
ADJECTIVE
- 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