amyloid (n.)

  1. a non-nitrogenous 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

    amyloid (adj.)

  1. resembling starch

    [ Syn: starchlike , amylaceous , amyloidal , farinaceous ]

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