See Also: Amyloid(medicine)
Amyloid(health)
amyloid(dictionary)
amyloid angiopathy(medicine)
Serum Amyloid(medicine)
beta-amyloid(medicine)
amyloid tumour(medicine)
amyloid protein(medicine)
amyloid protein saa(medicine)
amyloid protein aa(medicine)

amyloid (iou)



amyloid adjective & noun. M19.
[formed as AMYLO- + -OID.]
A. adjective.
Resembling (the chemical structure of) starch. M19.
Medicine. Of or pertaining to amyloid. L19.
b. noun. Medicine. A glycoprotein (orig. thought to be akin to starch) deposited in connective tissue in certain diseases. L19.
amyloi'dosis noun deposition of amyloid in the tissues E20.