amyloid

amyloid
    adj 1: resembling starch [syn: {starchlike}, {amylaceous},
           {amyloid}, {amyloidal}, {farinaceous}]
    n 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
    

amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), Amyloidal \Am`y*loid"al\
   ([a^]m`[i^]*loid"al), a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.]
   Resembling or containing starch; starchlike. --AS

   Syn: starchlike, amylaceous
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amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
   1. A starchlike substance.
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   2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
      deposited in the organs under some pathological
      conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
      linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
      microscope. --Stedman 25
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   {Amyloid degeneration} (Med.), Same as {amyloidosis}; --
      called also {waxy degeneration} or {lardaceous
      degeneration}.
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