Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Amyloidal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amyloid \Am"y*loid\, Amyloidal \Am`y*loid"al\, a. [L. amylum
starch + -oid.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amyloidal
adj : resembling starch [syn: {starchlike}, {amylaceous}, {amyloid}]
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