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)

screwed (iou) and Amyloid (health)


screwed (iou)



screwed adjective. [skru:d] E17.
[from SCREW verb, noun1: see -ED1, -ED2.]
That has been screwed; provided with a screw or screws; twisted, contorted, contracted; slang ruined. E17.
Partly intoxicated, tipsy. slang. M19.
Comb.: screwed-up adjective (colloq.) (of a condition, situation, etc.) excessively intense or complicated; (of a person) confused, upset; neurotic, slightly emotionally disturbed.

Amyloid (health)


A proteinaceous fibrillar material deposited at extracellular sites in various tissues and organs. The pattern of deposition varies according to whether it is the Primary or Secondary (to a chronic inflammatory disease) form.