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n. A starchlike substance.

n. Pathology A hard waxy deposit consisting of protein and polysaccharides that results from the degeneration of tissue.

adj. Starchlike.

n. A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.

n. Any of various starchlike substances.

adj. Containing or resembling starch

adj. Applied to a mushroom that turns blue-black upon application of Melzer's reagent.

adj. Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.

n. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.

n. The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.

Resembling amylum, or starch.

n. In botany, a semi-gelatinous substance, analogous to starch, met with in some seeds, and becoming yellow in water after having been colored blue by iodine (Lindley); a member of the cellulose group of vegetable organic compounds, comprising cellulose, starch, gum, the sugars, etc.

In pathology, noting a degenerative change characteristic of lardaceous disease (which see, under lardaceous).

n. A precipitate obtained from a gelatinous solution of cotton which has been treated with concentrated sulphuric acid. Vegetable parchment is due to the partial transformation of the vegetable fibers into this substance.

n. In pathology, same as lardacein.

n. a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch

adj. resembling starch

n. (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue

"Scientists say a protein called beta amyloid is responsible for most of the damage to the brain and the symptoms of the disease."

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