Thesaurus: amyloid

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1. a. Alt. of Amyloidal
2. n. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
3. n. The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
4. adj. resembling starch
5. n. a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
6. n. (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
7. 1. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance. 2. (Med.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration. 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.
8. The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
9. j:61/n:39 n. a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch n. (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue