Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amyloid"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amyloid \Am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[y^]*loid), n.
1. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
2. (Med.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid
degeneration.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amyloid
adj : resembling starch [syn: {starchlike}, {amylaceous}, {amyloidal}]
n 1: a nonnitrogenous 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
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